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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Antigone's nickname for the Nurse?
(a) Her "sweet red apple."
(b) Her "second mother."
(c) Her "dearest, darling Nurse."
(d) She doesn't have one.

2. Who is Oedipus?
(a) A lonley old beggar.
(b) Creon's father.
(c) King of Thebes.
(d) A man with no destiny.

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

4. In Part 2, how does Antigone think her mother would feel about what she was doing?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Proud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antigone feel like when the person who confronts her gets frustrated in Part 2?

2. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?

3. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?

4. In Part 2, Antigone tells the Nurse that she is too _____________ for what she must do.

5. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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