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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Antigone send to get coffee in Part 2?
(a) Ismene.
(b) Creon.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Haemon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What is the Nurse doing when she is introduced?
(a) Dancing merrily.
(b) Scrubbing the nursery.
(c) Winding wool.
(d) Preparing the medicine tray.

12. What does Antigone do when she is confronted in Part 2?
(a) Openly admits where she was.
(b) Falls to the floor weeping.
(c) Hints that the person who confonted her is correct.
(d) Denies all accusations.

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

14. 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 wants to go to breakfast.
(b) If Antigone will leave Ismene her treasured brooch.
(c) If Antigone really thinks her plan will work.
(d) If Antigone doesn't want to live.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?

2. What does Ismene say she can't do in Part 3?

3. What was Creon's former occupation?

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

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

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