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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Antigone's sister described in Part 1?

2. Who is Oedipus?

3. How are Haemon and Creon related?

4. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?

5. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?

(see the answer key)

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