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

2. What does Ismene say Creon has that will drag them to the scaffold?
(a) A mob of thousands of arms and eyes.
(b) An army of hundreds.
(c) A wooden cart full of straw.
(d) A strong, black stallion.

3. Who is Oedipus?
(a) A lonley old beggar.
(b) King of Thebes.
(c) Creon's father.
(d) A man with no destiny.

4. What is Creon's wife doing when she is introduced?
(a) Looking for her husband's socks.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Practicing her lines.
(d) Brushing her daughter's hair.

5. In Part 2, Ismene tells Antigone that she is what?
(a) Young and beautiful.
(b) Her hero.
(c) Bold and brave.
(d) Careless and unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antigone carrying in the beginning of Part 2?

2. What was Creon's former occupation?

3. What is the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices?

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

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

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