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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 kill each other.
(c) They are both asassinated.
(d) A plague sweeps through the city, and they both die.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is playing cards in Part 1?

2. What is the character's name who introduces the other characters?

3. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?

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

5. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?

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