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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polynices is Ismene's ______________.
(a) Father.
(b) Brother.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Lover.

2. In Part 3, why did Antigone say that she was telling Haemon all the things she was telling him?
(a) Because she can't marry him.
(b) Because she wants him to know the truth.
(c) Because she wants him to know everything.
(d) Because she wants to get married right away.

3. How is Antigone's sister described in Part 1?
(a) A dark, thin girl.
(b) A voluptuous, ambitious girl.
(c) A quiet, shy girl.
(d) A happy, laughing girl.

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

5. How is Haemon related to Antigone?
(a) He is her brother.
(b) They have no connection.
(c) He is her fiance.
(d) He is her sister's fiance.

6. What happens to Eteocles's body in Part 1?
(a) It is hung on a tree to warn all who come to challenge the king.
(b) It is thrown in the river like a piece of trash.
(c) It is never found.
(d) He is given an elaborate funeral.

7. What is the final, tragic result of the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices in Part 1?
(a) A plague sweeps through the city, and they both die.
(b) Their father has them executed.
(c) They are both asassinated.
(d) They kill each other.

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

9. Who are Eteocles and Polynices?
(a) Sons of King Oedipus.
(b) Antigone's brothers.
(c) Men named as rulers of Thebes.
(d) All answers are correct.

10. Who confronts Antigone in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Creon.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Polynices.
(d) Nurse.

11. What did Haemon do in Part 3 that caused the quarrel between him and Antigone?
(a) Told Antigone that he didn't love her.
(b) Laughed at Antigone.
(c) Asked Antigone to elope with him.
(d) Wouldn't let Antigone in his house.

12. In Part 2, what is one of the things Antigone says her family told her not to do?
(a) Behave willfully.
(b) Go out without a chaperone.
(c) Marry for love.
(d) Run in the wind.

13. What is Antigone's sister's name?
(a) Ophelia.
(b) Aeronia.
(c) Ismene.
(d) Esperanza.

14. What happens to Polynices's body in Part 1?
(a) He is left unburied for the vultures, vermin and insects to feed on.
(b) He is given an elaborate funeral.
(c) t is hung on a tree to warn all who come to challenge the king.
(d) It is never found.

15. Who is playing cards in Part 1?
(a) The Messenger.
(b) The King.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Three soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, what does Antigone tell Ismene that she should not forgo?

2. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?

3. In Part 3, when Haemon is about to respond to all of Antigone's comments, what does she force him to do?

4. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?

5. Ismene reminds Antigone that Polynices was more of a ___________ to them.

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