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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3, Ismene urges Antigone not to what?
(a) Go to the castle without assistance.
(b) Delay the inevitable.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Attempt what's beyond her strength.

2. How does Haemon kill himself?
(a) With his sword.
(b) By drinking poison.
(c) By drowning himself.
(d) By hanging himself.

3. How did Antigone die?
(a) She hung herself.
(b) She was killed by one of the guards.
(c) She was beheaded.
(d) She was walled up in a cave and left to die.

4. In Part 7, what did Creon do in response to what happened at Antigone's execution?
(a) Had Ismene's body dragged away.
(b) Dried his tears and stood stoically.
(c) Had the stones removed.
(d) Ran to the palace for cover.

5. How does Antigone leave at the very end of Part 6?
(a) Fighting and screaming.
(b) Unwillingly.
(c) Crying and shaking.
(d) Calmly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, what does Antigone say that she is not?

2. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?

3. What is the punishment for not following the king's orders about Polynices's body?

4. What was Jonas doing when he discovered Antigone covering Polynices's body?

5. How do the guards and Jonas bring Antigone in?

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