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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 Creon's occupation?
(a) Page.
(b) The king's treasurer.
(c) Court messenger.
(d) King of Thebes.

2. What is Creon's wife doing when she is introduced?
(a) Brushing her daughter's hair.
(b) Looking for her husband's socks.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Practicing her lines.

3. What is Ismene doing in Part 1 when she is introduced?
(a) Pretending she is alone.
(b) Laughing and chatting with Haemon.
(c) Asking Creon to accept her as a courtesan.
(d) Lamenting her eventual fate.

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

5. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?
(a) That she didn't have to die soon.
(b) That her beloved was rich.
(c) That her mother would let her go out by herself.
(d) That the rain would stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices?

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

3. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?

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

5. What was Creon's former occupation?

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