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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Eteocles and Polynices?
(a) Antigone's brothers.
(b) Sons of King Oedipus.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Men named as rulers of Thebes.

2. Who is playing cards in Part 1?
(a) The Messenger.
(b) The King.
(c) Three soldiers.
(d) Antigone.

3. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?
(a) A new agreement is drawn up.
(b) A war breaks out.
(c) A marriage is arranged.
(d) The throne is ceded to a relative.

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

5. What is the Nurse doing when she is introduced?
(a) Dancing merrily.
(b) Scrubbing the nursery.
(c) Preparing the medicine tray.
(d) Winding wool.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?

2. How is Antigone described in Part 1?

3. What does Prologue explain after the characters are introduced in Part 1?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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