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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Creon tell Antigone to do upon her response to his first question in Part 5?
(a) Pretend she was ill.
(b) Think carefully before she answers his next question.
(c) Sit down.
(d) Take some time to think.

2. After Antigone asks Creon to kill her in a certain way, what does Creon say he wants to do?
(a) Save her.
(b) Send her to the afterlife be with her father, mother and brothers.
(c) Keep her away from Haemon.
(d) Make an example of her.

3. In Part 3, what did Antigone borrow from Ismene?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Ismene's jewelry.
(c) Ismene's dress.
(d) Ismene's makeup and perfume.

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

5. In Part 6, what does Antigone ask Jonas to do for her?
(a) Keep her sister away.
(b) Say a prayer for her.
(c) Remove her shackles.
(d) Deliver a letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Antigone described in Part 1?

2. While the guards are discussing Antigone's capture, what does she ask of them?

3. How does Antigone try to convince the guards to let her go?

4. In Part 5, to what does Antigone say that Polynices is entitled?

5. In Part 4, what does Creon say will happen to Jonas if he keeps quiet?

(see the answer key)

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