View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Antigone says the Nurse is stronger than what in Part 2?
(a) Shadow.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Fever.

2. In Part 3, when Haemon is about to respond to all of Antigone's comments, what does she force him to do?
(a) Think about what he's going to say before he says it.
(b) Stop crying.
(c) Kneel at her feet.
(d) Leave.

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

4. What does Ismene try to do when Antigone wants to discuss her plan in Part 2?
(a) Convince Antigone that running away will solve nothing.
(b) Tell Antigone that she will help.
(c) Talk Antigone out of it.
(d) Talk Antigone into getting someone else to do it.

5. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?
(a) It is in the south of France on the shore of the Cote d'Azur.
(b) It is in a gloomy wood.
(c) There is no mention of the play's setting.
(d) It has no geographical or historical implications.

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

7. What does Ismene ask Antigone after Antigone says that she has considered all of the possible consequences of her proposed actions in Part 2?
(a) If Antigone really thinks her plan will work.
(b) If Antigone will leave Ismene her treasured brooch.
(c) If Antigone wants to go to breakfast.
(d) If Antigone doesn't want to live.

8. What does Ismene fear Antigone will do if Ismene takes her eyes off of Antigone?
(a) Run away.
(b) Bury Polynices.
(c) Elope.
(d) Kill herself.

9. How is Haemon described in Part 1?
(a) Fun loving and sport loving.
(b) Dour and sapid.
(c) Boorish and uncommonly ugly.
(d) Adventurous and fickle.

10. What is Antigone's nickname for the Nurse?
(a) Her "sweet red apple."
(b) She doesn't have one.
(c) Her "second mother."
(d) Her "dearest, darling Nurse."

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

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

13. When Haemon enters, what does the Nurse do?
(a) Demands that he take off his shoes.
(b) Stares at him angrily.
(c) Departs.
(d) Gives him a lecture about Antigone's purity.

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

15. What was Creon's former occupation?
(a) Servant to the king's advisor.
(b) Chief advisor to the king.
(c) King of Thebes.
(d) Blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Eteocles's body in Part 1?

2. In Part 2, Ismene says that Antigone behaves too __________.

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

4. How does Antigone enter in the beginning of Part 2?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 606 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample