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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antigone make Haemon promise in Part 3?
(a) That when she's finished saying what she has to say, he will walk away withough looking back.
(b) To take her with him when he goes away to war.
(c) To never marry another woman.
(d) To love her as long as she is alive.

2. What did Antigone say that she wanted Haemon to do when she visited him the previous evening?
(a) Give her a ring.
(b) Make love to her.
(c) Take her to dinner.
(d) Swear his undying love.

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

4. In Part 3, Antigone tells Ismene that it is too ___________.
(a) Early.
(b) Much work.
(c) Long.
(d) Late.

5. After Haemon exits in Part 3, who comes in to talk to Antigone?
(a) Polynices.
(b) Her mother's ghost.
(c) Ismene.
(d) Nurse.

6. What does Antigone feel like when the person who confronts her gets frustrated in Part 2?
(a) Mean.
(b) A naughty brat.
(c) A cruel sister.
(d) A little girl.

7. What is Antigone carrying in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Her suitcase.
(b) A large knife.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) The weight of the world.

8. What does the person who confronts Antigone do when expressing her frustration?
(a) Screams in anger.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Weeps.
(d) Stalks out of the room.

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

10. In Part 2, what does Antigone say that she is not?
(a) Concerned.
(b) Happy.
(c) Scared.
(d) Beautiful

11. In Part 2, Antigone tells the Nurse that she is too _____________ for what she must do.
(a) Frightened.
(b) Smart.
(c) Tired.
(d) Young.

12. What is the punishment for not following the king's orders about Polynices's body?
(a) A heavy fine and incarceration.
(b) Exile.
(c) Hard labor.
(d) Execution.

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

14. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?
(a) That her beloved was rich.
(b) That the rain would stop.
(c) That her mother would let her go out by herself.
(d) That she didn't have to die soon.

15. In Part 2, Ismene tells Antigone that she is what?
(a) Careless and unhappy.
(b) Bold and brave.
(c) Her hero.
(d) Young and beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polynices is Ismene's ______________.

2. What does Antigone ask of Nurse when Nurse enters the room?

3. In Part 3, what did Antigone borrow from Ismene?

4. What is Antigone's plan in Part 2?

5. Who does Antigone send to get coffee in Part 2?

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