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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, for what does Antigone apologize to Haemon?
(a) Leaving before lunch.
(b) Their quarrel the previous night.
(c) Calling him a weakling.
(d) Breaking his watch.

2. What did Antigone do to try to find out if Haemon really wanted her in Part 3?
(a) Wrote hm a love letter.
(b) Dressed in Ismenes clothes and makeup.
(c) Tried to seduce him.
(d) Sent another woman in her place to see if Haemon would slip.

3. How is Haemon related to Antigone?
(a) They have no connection.
(b) He is her sister's fiance.
(c) He is her brother.
(d) He is her fiance.

4. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?
(a) The throne is ceded to a relative.
(b) A marriage is arranged.
(c) A new agreement is drawn up.
(d) A war breaks out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Eteocles's body in Part 1?

2. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?

3. In Part 2, what does Antigone say that she is not?

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

5. What does Antigone feel like when the person who confronts her gets frustrated in Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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