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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Part 2, who does Ismene say dies for ideas?
(a) The cowards.
(b) The brave.
(c) The foolhardy.
(d) Men.

5. What does Nurse bring at the beginning of Part 3?
(a) A gallant friend.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Coffee and toast.
(d) Her knitting.

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

7. What happens to Polynices's body in Part 1?
(a) It is never found.
(b) t is hung on a tree to warn all who come to challenge the king.
(c) He is left unburied for the vultures, vermin and insects to feed on.
(d) He is given an elaborate funeral.

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

9. What does Antigone say wards off evil in Part 2?
(a) The Nurse's hands.
(b) Her lucky charm.
(c) Her sister's love.
(d) Her mother's cross.

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

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

12. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?
(a) She hears her husband's call.
(b) It is her turn to kill herself.
(c) She finds the socks.
(d) The bell tolls.

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

14. What does Prologue explain after the characters are introduced in Part 1?
(a) Some of the play's background.
(b) The reason the introductions are so detailed.
(c) Some of the situations the characters will soon face.
(d) The author's intent in writing the play.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?

2. What is Creon's wife doing when she is introduced?

3. In Part 3, for what does Antigone apologize to Haemon?

4. What did Antigone say that she wanted Haemon to do when she visited him the previous evening?

5. In Part 3, under what conditions does Ismene think Antigone will perform the task Ismene fears she will?

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