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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Leave.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Marry her right away.
(d) Give her the money she needs.

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

3. What did Antigone do to try to find out if Haemon really wanted her in Part 3?
(a) Dressed in Ismenes clothes and makeup.
(b) Wrote hm a love letter.
(c) Tried to seduce him.
(d) Sent another woman in her place to see if Haemon would slip.

4. When Haemon enters, what does the Nurse do?
(a) Departs.
(b) Demands that he take off his shoes.
(c) Stares at him angrily.
(d) Gives him a lecture about Antigone's purity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Polynices is Ismene's ______________.

2. Who is the youth alone on the other side of the stage?

3. What happens to Oedipus?

4. What is Antigone's plan in Part 2?

5. In Part 2, what is one of the things Antigone says her family told her not to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. The Chorus is a parallel representation of the Chorus which was often used in Greek tragedy. Do you see any other representations characteristic of Greek tragedy within Part 1?

2. How does Creon react to Haemon's plea for Antigone's life in Part 6?

3. What is the role of the Messenger, and why is he sitting away from the rest of the group?

4. How do Ismene and Antigone each react to Creon's edict?

5. Antigone's unfinished letter is a symbol of what?

6. In Part 5, Creon accuses Antigone of being just like her father, playing out destiny's designs and being melodramatic about everything. What does he suggest Antigone do instead?

7. How is Antigone to be put to death, and how does she feel about it?

8. What does Creon do that gives him a more human quality than he has previously shown?

9. Discuss Creon and Antigone's divergent thoughts on the importance of the rite of burial in Part 5.

10. The relationship between Antigone and Haemon is complicated. Despite his vows of love, Antigone cannot bring herself to believe that Haemon would choose her over Ismene. In Part 3, what does Antigone do to test Haemon?

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