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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Nurse doing when she is introduced?
(a) Preparing the medicine tray.
(b) Dancing merrily.
(c) Scrubbing the nursery.
(d) Winding wool.

2. In Part 5, what reason does Creon give for making the ruling he did?
(a) His predecessors must tell the gods that he is strong.
(b) He hated Polynices.
(c) Those standing in line for the crown are only waiting for his moment of weakness.
(d) His authority had to be respected.

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

4. What does Jonas chat with Antigone about in Part 6?
(a) Rivalries between the officers and guards.
(b) All the answers are true.
(c) Life in the barracks.
(d) His family.

5. Who is the youth alone on the other side of the stage?
(a) The Page Boy.
(b) The Ignominious One.
(c) The Fiance.
(d) The Messenger.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, what does the heat of the sun do?

2. What does Antigone say when Creon confronts her about covering Polynices?

3. Where is Antigone's execution to take place?

4. How is Antigone described in Part 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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