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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?
(a) A special family member.
(b) A young, fresh faced maiden.
(c) A middle-aged courtier.
(d) An old woman.

2. Antigone tells Creon that she knew all along Creon would do what in Part 5?
(a) Make her angry.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Be a father figure toward her.
(d) Cause her and Haemon to break up.

3. In Part 2, what does Antigone tell Ismene that she should not forgo?
(a) Her prayers.
(b) Her beauty sleep.
(c) Her chores.
(d) Her breakfast.

4. What does the person who confronts Antigone in Part 2 think Antigone was doing?
(a) Attending lessons without permission.
(b) Visiting her secret sweetheart.
(c) Taking a walk without her chaperone.
(d) Painting in the garden.

5. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?
(a) It is in a gloomy wood.
(b) There is no mention of the play's setting.
(c) It is in the south of France on the shore of the Cote d'Azur.
(d) It has no geographical or historical implications.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, what does Creon intend to do to the guards after the discovery that Polynices's body has been disturbed?

2. How is Antigone's sister described in Part 1?

3. What is the final, tragic result of the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices in Part 1?

4. What is Antigone's nickname for the Nurse?

5. In Part 5, what is the first thing that Creon asks Antigone?

(see the answer key)

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