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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, Ismene urges Antigone not to what?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Delay the inevitable.
(c) Attempt what's beyond her strength.
(d) Go to the castle without assistance.

2. When Antigone is brought in by the guards, what does she call herself in Part 4?
(a) A dictator.
(b) A seeker of justice.
(c) A seeker of truth.
(d) A daughter of Oedipus.

3. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?
(a) It is in a gloomy wood.
(b) It has no geographical or historical implications.
(c) There is no mention of the play's setting.
(d) It is in the south of France on the shore of the Cote d'Azur.

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

5. In Part 5, for whom does Antigone say she must bury Polynices?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her entire family, living and dead.
(c) Her father.
(d) Herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the guards wonder after they apprehend Antigone?

2. In Part 6, after Haemon begs Creon to be courageous, how does Creon respond?

3. In Part 4, what does the heat of the sun do?

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

5. In Part 2, what does the person who confronts Antigone say in response to Antigone's reply about where she had been?

(see the answer key)

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