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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ismene try to do when Antigone wants to discuss her plan in Part 2?
(a) Tell Antigone that she will help.
(b) Talk Antigone out of it.
(c) Talk Antigone into getting someone else to do it.
(d) Convince Antigone that running away will solve nothing.

2. In Part 2, for what does the Nurse chastise Antigone and Ismene?
(a) For not having any common sense.
(b) For making too much noise.
(c) For not respecting her.
(d) For rising so early.

3. In Part 2, Ismene tells Antigone that she is what?
(a) Her hero.
(b) Careless and unhappy.
(c) Bold and brave.
(d) Young and beautiful.

4. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?
(a) It has no geographical or historical implications.
(b) There is no mention of the play's setting.
(c) It is in a gloomy wood.
(d) It is in the south of France on the shore of the Cote d'Azur.

5. Who is looking for Antigone in Part 2?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Polynices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antigone say wards off evil in Part 2?

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

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

4. What is the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices?

5. When Haemon enters, what does the Nurse do?

(see the answer key)

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