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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Eteocles's body in Part 1?
(a) It is never found.
(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 thrown in the river like a piece of trash.

3. What does Antigone make Haemon promise in Part 3?
(a) To take her with him when he goes away to war.
(b) To never marry another woman.
(c) That when she's finished saying what she has to say, he will walk away withough looking back.
(d) To love her as long as she is alive.

4. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?
(a) She finds the socks.
(b) It is her turn to kill herself.
(c) The bell tolls.
(d) She hears her husband's call.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Haemon described in Part 1?

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

3. In Part 3, Antigone tells Ismene that it is too ___________.

4. What does Antigone ask Haemon after her apology in Part 3?

5. How is Antigone described in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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