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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antigone say when Creon confronts her about covering Polynices?
(a) She vehemently denies the accusation.
(b) She stays silent.
(c) She admits doing so.
(d) She blames it on the guards.

2. What did Antigone do to try to find out if Haemon really wanted her in Part 3?
(a) Wrote hm a love letter.
(b) Sent another woman in her place to see if Haemon would slip.
(c) Dressed in Ismenes clothes and makeup.
(d) Tried to seduce him.

3. What was Jonas doing when he discovered Antigone covering Polynices's body?
(a) Reading.
(b) Talking to the other guards.
(c) Getting tobacco.
(d) Sleeping.

4. What do the guards wonder after they apprehend Antigone?
(a) If they will now escape punishment.
(b) What will happen to their wives.
(c) Why Antigone did what she did.
(d) If there will be a reward.

5. Where is Antigone's execution to take place?
(a) In the palace courtyard.
(b) At the gallows.
(c) In the town common.
(d) In an empty cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 6, what does Creon say about his quarrel with Antigone over Polynices's body?

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

3. What does Antigone ask Haemon after her apology in Part 3?

4. 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?

5. Why is Jonas reluctant to do what Antigone asks of him?

(see the answer key)

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