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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Prologue explain after the characters are introduced in Part 1?
(a) The reason the introductions are so detailed.
(b) Some of the situations the characters will soon face.
(c) Some of the play's background.
(d) The author's intent in writing the play.

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

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 new agreement is drawn up.
(c) A marriage is arranged.
(d) A war breaks out.

5. 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?
(a) Give her the money she needs.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Marry her right away.
(d) Leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Creon's wife doing when she is introduced?

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

4. How does Antigone try to convince the guards to let her go?

5. Whom does Ismene say needs Antigone?

(see the answer key)

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