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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 the person who confronts Antigone do when expressing her frustration?
(a) Weeps.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Stalks out of the room.
(d) Screams in anger.

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

3. What does Antigone do when she is confronted in Part 2?
(a) Openly admits where she was.
(b) Falls to the floor weeping.
(c) Denies all accusations.
(d) Hints that the person who confonted her is correct.

4. In Part 2, what does the person who confronts Antigone say in response to Antigone's reply about where she had been?
(a) That Antigone is different from her sister.
(b) That Antigone was raised carefully.
(c) That Antigone's mother would be disappointed if she were still alive.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. How is Antigone described in Part 1?
(a) An angel.
(b) A bright, blond woman.
(c) An uncommonly beautiful creature.
(d) A dark, thin girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antigone's response to Ismene's reply when Antigone tells Ismene about her plan?

2. Who are Eteocles and Polynices?

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

4. What did Antigone fling at Ismene when they were children?

5. What happens to Oedipus?

(see the answer key)

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