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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confronts Antigone in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Creon.
(d) Polynices.

2. In Part 2, Antigone tells the Nurse that she is too _____________ for what she must do.
(a) Frightened.
(b) Young.
(c) Smart.
(d) Tired.

3. What does Prologue explain after the characters are introduced in Part 1?
(a) Some of the play's background.
(b) Some of the situations the characters will soon face.
(c) The author's intent in writing the play.
(d) The reason the introductions are so detailed.

4. Who are Eteocles and Polynices?
(a) Antigone's brothers.
(b) Sons of King Oedipus.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Men named as rulers of Thebes.

5. What is Antigone carrying in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) The weight of the world.
(b) Her suitcase.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) A large knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices?

2. In Part 2, Ismene says that Antigone behaves too __________.

3. In Part 2, what does Antigone say that she is not?

4. In Part 2, Ismene tells Antigone that she is what?

5. What does Ismene say Creon has that will drag them to the scaffold?

(see the answer key)

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