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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 wants to go to breakfast.
(c) If Antigone really thinks her plan will work.
(d) If Antigone doesn't want to live.

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

3. What does Ismene say Creon has that will drag them to the scaffold?
(a) An army of hundreds.
(b) A wooden cart full of straw.
(c) A mob of thousands of arms and eyes.
(d) A strong, black stallion.

4. Why isn't the boy alone on the side of the stage laughing and talking with the other characters?
(a) His father forbade him to speak to people above his station in life
(b) He is listening intently to the conversation.
(c) He is shy.
(d) He is tasked with bringing news of Haemon's death.

5. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?
(a) A new agreement is drawn up.
(b) A marriage is arranged.
(c) The throne is ceded to a relative.
(d) A war breaks out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Antigone fling at Ismene when they were children?

2. Who confronts Antigone in the beginning of Part 2?

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

4. How are Haemon and Creon related?

5. How is Haemon described in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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