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

2. How is Haemon described in Part 1?
(a) Fun loving and sport loving.
(b) Adventurous and fickle.
(c) Boorish and uncommonly ugly.
(d) Dour and sapid.

3. What was Creon's former occupation?
(a) King of Thebes.
(b) Chief advisor to the king.
(c) Servant to the king's advisor.
(d) Blacksmith.

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

5. In Part 2, who does Ismene say dies for ideas?
(a) Men.
(b) The cowards.
(c) The foolhardy.
(d) The brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't the boy alone on the side of the stage laughing and talking with the other characters?

2. In Part 3, after Antigone explains everything to Haemon, what does she tell him is the only thing he can do to show her that he loves her?

3. In Part 3, as Nurse is wondering what is wrong with Antigone, who enters the room?

4. Antigone says the Nurse is stronger than what in Part 2?

5. Who is playing cards in Part 1?

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