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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 Prologue explain after the characters are introduced in Part 1?
(a) The reason the introductions are so detailed.
(b) Some of the situations the characters will soon face.
(c) Some of the play's background.
(d) The author's intent in writing the play.

2. What is the character's name who introduces the other characters?
(a) Interlocutor.
(b) Narrator.
(c) Creon.
(d) The Chorus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person who confronts Antigone in Part 2 think Antigone was doing?

2. What does the person who confronts Antigone do when expressing her frustration?

3. In Part 2, Ismene says that Antigone behaves too __________.

4. How is Haemon related to Antigone?

5. What is Antigone's nickname for the Nurse?

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