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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Nurse bring at the beginning of Part 3?
(a) Ismene.
(b) Her knitting.
(c) A gallant friend.
(d) Coffee and toast.
2. What did Antigone fling at Ismene when they were children?
(a) Cabbage.
(b) Worms and mud.
(c) Rotten apples.
(d) Stones.
3. In Part 3, what did Antigone borrow from Ismene?
(a) Ismene's jewelry.
(b) Ismene's dress.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Ismene's makeup and perfume.
4. In Part 3, after Antigone explains everything to Haemon, what does she tell him is the only thing he can do to show her that he loves her?
(a) Give her the money she needs.
(b) Marry her right away.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Leave.
5. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?
(a) It has no geographical or historical implications.
(b) It is in the south of France on the shore of the Cote d'Azur.
(c) There is no mention of the play's setting.
(d) It is in a gloomy wood.
6. In Part 2, how does Antigone think her mother would feel about what she was doing?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Proud.
(c) Angry.
(d) Frightened.
7. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?
(a) Their date of birth.
(b) Their eventual fates.
(c) Their current state of health.
(d) Their pets' names.
8. How does Antigone enter in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) She creeps in.
(b) She strides in angrily.
(c) She bangs the door open and runs in.
(d) She slips in through the window.
9. What did Antigone say that she wanted Haemon to do when she visited him the previous evening?
(a) Give her a ring.
(b) Swear his undying love.
(c) Take her to dinner.
(d) Make love to her.
10. In Part 3, when Haemon is about to respond to all of Antigone's comments, what does she force him to do?
(a) Kneel at her feet.
(b) Think about what he's going to say before he says it.
(c) Leave.
(d) Stop crying.
11. In Part 3, for what does Antigone apologize to Haemon?
(a) Calling him a weakling.
(b) Leaving before lunch.
(c) Their quarrel the previous night.
(d) Breaking his watch.
12. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?
(a) That her mother would let her go out by herself.
(b) That she didn't have to die soon.
(c) That the rain would stop.
(d) That her beloved was rich.
13. In Part 3, Ismene urges Antigone not to what?
(a) Go to the castle without assistance.
(b) Attempt what's beyond her strength.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Delay the inevitable.
14. What did Antigone do to try to find out if Haemon really wanted her in Part 3?
(a) Sent another woman in her place to see if Haemon would slip.
(b) Tried to seduce him.
(c) Dressed in Ismenes clothes and makeup.
(d) Wrote hm a love letter.
15. What is Creon's occupation?
(a) Court messenger.
(b) Page.
(c) King of Thebes.
(d) The king's treasurer.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?
2. How is Haemon related to Antigone?
3. What is Creon's wife doing when she is introduced?
4. Ismene tells Antigone that she should __________ Polynices like Polynices ____________ them.
5. What is Antigone's nickname for the Nurse?
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