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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, for what does the Nurse chastise Antigone and Ismene?
(a) For rising so early.
(b) For making too much noise.
(c) For not having any common sense.
(d) For not respecting her.

2. How does Antigone enter in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) She creeps in.
(b) She slips in through the window.
(c) She bangs the door open and runs in.
(d) She strides in angrily.

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

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

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

6. Why isn't the boy alone on the side of the stage laughing and talking with the other characters?
(a) He is shy.
(b) His father forbade him to speak to people above his station in life
(c) He is tasked with bringing news of Haemon's death.
(d) He is listening intently to the conversation.

7. How is Antigone described in Part 1?
(a) An uncommonly beautiful creature.
(b) A dark, thin girl.
(c) An angel.
(d) A bright, blond woman.

8. In Part 2, Antigone tells the Nurse that she is too _____________ for what she must do.
(a) Frightened.
(b) Tired.
(c) Young.
(d) Smart.

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

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

11. 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.

12. What does Antigone feel like when the person who confronts her gets frustrated in Part 2?
(a) Mean.
(b) A naughty brat.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A cruel sister.

13. What does Antigone make Haemon promise in Part 3?
(a) To take her with him when he goes away to war.
(b) To love her as long as she is alive.
(c) To never marry another woman.
(d) That when she's finished saying what she has to say, he will walk away withough looking back.

14. In Part 3, as Nurse is wondering what is wrong with Antigone, who enters the room?
(a) Haemon.
(b) Creon.
(c) Ismene.
(d) Polynices.

15. What is Antigone's response to Ismene's reply when Antigone tells Ismene about her plan?
(a) She agrees and offers Ismene another option.
(b) She leaves the room angrily.
(c) She disagrees and begins to pack.
(d) She refuses, saying that it is the way things are meant to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?

2. What does Ismene fear Antigone will do if Ismene takes her eyes off of Antigone?

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

4. Who confronts Antigone in the beginning of Part 2?

5. In Part 3, what did Antigone borrow from Ismene?

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