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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Oedipus?
(a) He kills his sons in a rage.
(b) He dies.
(c) He attends a council meeting.
(d) He flees the city.

2. What is Ismene doing in Part 1 when she is introduced?
(a) Laughing and chatting with Haemon.
(b) Pretending she is alone.
(c) Asking Creon to accept her as a courtesan.
(d) Lamenting her eventual fate.

3. What does Antigone ask of Nurse when Nurse enters the room?
(a) To treat her dog well.
(b) To take care of Ismene.
(c) To bring her toast and jam.
(d) To close the door on her way out.

4. What is the punishment for not following the king's orders about Polynices's body?
(a) A heavy fine and incarceration.
(b) Execution.
(c) Hard labor.
(d) Exile.

5. In Part 2, what is one of the things Antigone says her family told her not to do?
(a) Marry for love.
(b) Run in the wind.
(c) Go out without a chaperone.
(d) Behave willfully.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, what does Antigone tell Ismene that she should not forgo?

2. How is Antigone described in Part 1?

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

4. In Part 2, Ismene tells Antigone that she is what?

5. What was Creon's former occupation?

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