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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Antigone enter in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) She creeps in.
(b) She strides in angrily.
(c) She bangs the door open and runs in.
(d) She slips in through the window.

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

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

4. What did Antigone fling at Ismene when they were children?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Stones.
(c) Rotten apples.
(d) Worms and mud.

5. What is Antigone's plan in Part 2?
(a) To bury Polynices.
(b) To run away.
(c) To elope.
(d) To marry the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, what does Antigone tell Ismene that she should not forgo?

2. What is Antigone's sister's name?

3. In Part 2, Ismene tells Antigone that she is what?

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

5. What does Ismene try to do when Antigone wants to discuss her plan in Part 2?

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