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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why isn't the boy alone on the side of the stage laughing and talking with the other characters?
(a) He is shy.
(b) He is listening intently to the conversation.
(c) His father forbade him to speak to people above his station in life
(d) He is tasked with bringing news of Haemon's death.

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

4. What is Antigone carrying in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her suitcase.
(c) A large knife.
(d) The weight of the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the youth alone on the other side of the stage?

2. In Part 2, what does the person who confronts Antigone say in response to Antigone's reply about where she had been?

3. What was Creon's former occupation?

4. Who are Eteocles and Polynices?

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

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