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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Haemon exits in Part 3, who comes in to talk to Antigone?
(a) Polynices.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Her mother's ghost.
(d) Ismene.

2. Who is looking for Antigone in Part 2?
(a) Ismene.
(b) Polynices.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Dionysus.

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

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

5. What happens to Polynices's body in Part 1?
(a) t is hung on a tree to warn all who come to challenge the king.
(b) He is left unburied for the vultures, vermin and insects to feed on.
(c) It is never found.
(d) He is given an elaborate funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?

2. What does Antigone make Haemon promise in Part 3?

3. What is Antigone's plan in Part 2?

4. Whom does Ismene say needs Antigone?

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

(see the answer key)

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