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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Eteocles's body in Part 1?
(a) It is hung on a tree to warn all who come to challenge the king.
(b) He is given an elaborate funeral.
(c) It is thrown in the river like a piece of trash.
(d) It is never found.

2. What is the character's name who introduces the other characters?
(a) Creon.
(b) Interlocutor.
(c) Narrator.
(d) The Chorus.

3. What does Ismene ask Antigone after Antigone says that she has considered all of the possible consequences of her proposed actions in Part 2?
(a) If Antigone will leave Ismene her treasured brooch.
(b) If Antigone really thinks her plan will work.
(c) If Antigone wants to go to breakfast.
(d) If Antigone doesn't want to live.

4. What is the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices?
(a) They would rule in alternate years.
(b) Polynices would be named king.
(c) They would go to war against Macedonia.
(d) Eteocles would be named king.

5. What happens to Polynices's body in Part 1?
(a) It is never found.
(b) He is given an elaborate funeral.
(c) t is hung on a tree to warn all who come to challenge the king.
(d) He is left unburied for the vultures, vermin and insects to feed on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person who confronts Antigone in Part 2 think Antigone was doing?

2. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?

3. In Part 2, how does Antigone think her mother would feel about what she was doing?

4. How does Antigone enter in the beginning of Part 2?

5. How is Antigone described in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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