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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 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.

2. What happens to Eteocles's body in Part 1?
(a) It is never found.
(b) He is given an elaborate funeral.
(c) It is thrown in the river like a piece of trash.
(d) It is hung on a tree to warn all who come to challenge the king.

3. How is Antigone described in Part 1?
(a) An angel.
(b) A bright, blond woman.
(c) A dark, thin girl.
(d) An uncommonly beautiful creature.

4. What is the character's name who introduces the other characters?
(a) Interlocutor.
(b) Creon.
(c) Narrator.
(d) The Chorus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Haemon and Creon related?

2. What happens to Oedipus?

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

4. How is Haemon described in Part 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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