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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ismene say Creon has that will drag them to the scaffold?
(a) A wooden cart full of straw.
(b) A mob of thousands of arms and eyes.
(c) An army of hundreds.
(d) A strong, black stallion.

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

4. How is Antigone's sister described in Part 1?
(a) A voluptuous, ambitious girl.
(b) A happy, laughing girl.
(c) A quiet, shy girl.
(d) A dark, thin girl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Antigone says the Nurse is stronger than what in Part 2?

2. What does Ismene ask Antigone after Antigone says that she has considered all of the possible consequences of her proposed actions in Part 2?

3. In Part 2, how does Antigone think her mother would feel about what she was doing?

4. What does Prologue explain after the characters are introduced in Part 1?

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

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