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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Eteocles and Polynices?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Antigone's brothers.
(c) Sons of King Oedipus.
(d) Men named as rulers of Thebes.

2. What happens to Eteocles's body in Part 1?
(a) It is never found.
(b) It is hung on a tree to warn all who come to challenge the king.
(c) He is given an elaborate funeral.
(d) It is thrown in the river like a piece of trash.

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

4. In Part 2, what does Antigone say that she is not?
(a) Beautiful
(b) Happy.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Scared.

5. What is Antigone's response to Ismene's reply when Antigone tells Ismene about her plan?
(a) She disagrees and begins to pack.
(b) She agrees and offers Ismene another option.
(c) She leaves the room angrily.
(d) She refuses, saying that it is the way things are meant to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't the boy alone on the side of the stage laughing and talking with the other characters?

2. What is Antigone's plan in Part 2?

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

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

5. In Part 2, for what does the Nurse chastise Antigone and Ismene?

(see the answer key)

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