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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) Fun loving and sport loving.
(b) Dour and sapid.
(c) Adventurous and fickle.
(d) Boorish and uncommonly ugly.

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

3. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?
(a) A special family member.
(b) A young, fresh faced maiden.
(c) A middle-aged courtier.
(d) An old woman.

4. Who is the youth alone on the other side of the stage?
(a) The Page Boy.
(b) The Ignominious One.
(c) The Fiance.
(d) The Messenger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ismene doing in Part 1 when she is introduced?

2. What is the punishment for not following the king's orders about Polynices's body?

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

4. How is Antigone described in Part 1?

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

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