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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Haemon described in Part 1?
(a) Dour and sapid.
(b) Adventurous and fickle.
(c) Boorish and uncommonly ugly.
(d) Fun loving and sport loving.

2. What was Creon's former occupation?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Servant to the king's advisor.
(c) Chief advisor to the king.
(d) King of Thebes.

3. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?
(a) Their eventual fates.
(b) Their pets' names.
(c) Their date of birth.
(d) Their current state of health.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Haemon related to Antigone?

2. Why isn't the boy alone on the side of the stage laughing and talking with the other characters?

3. What is the final, tragic result of the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices in Part 1?

4. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?

5. What is Creon's wife doing when she is introduced?

(see the answer key)

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