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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Antigone's dog?
(a) Huff.
(b) Puff.
(c) Fluff.
(d) Tuft.

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

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

6. In Part 3, for what does Antigone apologize to Haemon?
(a) Leaving before lunch.
(b) Calling him a weakling.
(c) Their quarrel the previous night.
(d) Breaking his watch.

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 pets' names.
(c) Their current state of health.
(d) Their eventual fates.

8. Ismene reminds Antigone that Polynices was more of a ___________ to them.
(a) Father.
(b) Good friend.
(c) Stranger.
(d) None of the answers are true.

9. What is Antigone's plan in Part 2?
(a) To elope.
(b) To bury Polynices.
(c) To marry the king.
(d) To run away.

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

11. In Part 3, under what conditions does Ismene think Antigone will perform the task Ismene fears she will?
(a) Pounding rain.
(b) Broad daylight.
(c) Driving snow.
(d) Smothering midnight.

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

13. In Part 3, what did Antigone borrow from Ismene?
(a) Ismene's dress.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Ismene's makeup and perfume.
(d) Ismene's jewelry.

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

15. How are Haemon and Creon related?
(a) Creaon is Haemon's instructor.
(b) Creon is Haemon's uncle.
(c) Creon is Haemon's brother.
(d) Creon is Haemon's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Haemon do in Part 3 that caused the quarrel between him and Antigone?

2. In Part 3, Ismene urges Antigone not to what?

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

4. Who is Oedipus?

5. What does Ismene try to do when Antigone wants to discuss her plan in Part 2?

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