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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Creon's occupation?
(a) King of Thebes.
(b) Court messenger.
(c) Page.
(d) The king's treasurer.

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

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

4. Ismene tells Antigone that she should __________ Polynices like Polynices ____________ them.
(a) Love; loved.
(b) Watch; watched.
(c) Bond with; bonded with.
(d) Forget; forgot.

5. What did Antigone fling at Ismene when they were children?
(a) Rotten apples.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Stones.
(d) Worms and mud.

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

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

8. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?
(a) Their current state of health.
(b) Their pets' names.
(c) Their eventual fates.
(d) Their date of birth.

9. 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) They are both asassinated.
(c) Their father has them executed.
(d) They kill each other.

10. What is Ismene doing in Part 1 when she is introduced?
(a) Laughing and chatting with Haemon.
(b) Asking Creon to accept her as a courtesan.
(c) Lamenting her eventual fate.
(d) Pretending she is alone.

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

12. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?
(a) The throne is ceded to a relative.
(b) A marriage is arranged.
(c) A war breaks out.
(d) A new agreement is drawn up.

13. In Part 2, Ismene says that Antigone behaves too __________.
(a) Carefully.
(b) Hastily.
(c) Impulsively.
(d) Rationally.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, what is one of the things Antigone says her family told her not to do?

2. Who is Oedipus?

3. Why isn't the boy alone on the side of the stage laughing and talking with the other characters?

4. What does Antigone tell Nurse to do if her dog keeps waiting by the door?

5. In Part 3, why did Antigone say that she was telling Haemon all the things she was telling him?

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