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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 dies.
(b) He attends a council meeting.
(c) He kills his sons in a rage.
(d) He flees the city.

2. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?
(a) That her beloved was rich.
(b) That she didn't have to die soon.
(c) That the rain would stop.
(d) That her mother would let her go out by herself.

3. What is the final, tragic result of the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices in Part 1?
(a) They kill each other.
(b) They are both asassinated.
(c) Their father has them executed.
(d) A plague sweeps through the city, and they both die.

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

5. What does Antigone feel like when the person who confronts her gets frustrated in Part 2?
(a) Mean.
(b) A naughty brat.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A cruel sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, under what conditions does Ismene think Antigone will perform the task Ismene fears she will?

2. In Part 2, Antigone tells the Nurse that she is too _____________ for what she must do.

3. What does Ismene fear Antigone will do if Ismene takes her eyes off of Antigone?

4. In Part 2, how does Antigone think her mother would feel about what she was doing?

5. Ismene reminds Antigone that Polynices was more of a ___________ to them.

(see the answer key)

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