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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the final, tragic result of the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices in Part 1?
(a) Their father has them executed.
(b) They are both asassinated.
(c) A plague sweeps through the city, and they both die.
(d) They kill each other.

2. What happens to Oedipus?
(a) He kills his sons in a rage.
(b) He dies.
(c) He flees the city.
(d) He attends a council meeting.

3. 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.

4. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?
(a) She hears her husband's call.
(b) It is her turn to kill herself.
(c) The bell tolls.
(d) She finds the socks.

5. How is Haemon related to Antigone?
(a) They have no connection.
(b) He is her fiance.
(c) He is her brother.
(d) He is her sister's fiance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices?

2. Who is the youth alone on the other side of the stage?

3. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?

4. What does Prologue explain after the characters are introduced in Part 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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