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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. What is the character's name who introduces the other characters?
(a) Creon.
(b) Narrator.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Interlocutor.

2. In Part 2, Ismene says that Antigone behaves too __________.
(a) Carefully.
(b) Hastily.
(c) Impulsively.
(d) Rationally.

3. Whom does Ismene say needs Antigone?
(a) The dog.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Haemon.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

4. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?
(a) It has no geographical or historical implications.
(b) There is no mention of the play's setting.
(c) It is in a gloomy wood.
(d) It is in the south of France on the shore of the Cote d'Azur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antigone's sister's name?

2. What does Antigone say wards off evil in Part 2?

3. What is Antigone's nickname for the Nurse?

4. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?

5. What is Antigone carrying in the beginning of Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Antigone is firm in her decision to bury Polynices. Despite Ismene's valid arguments against Antigone's proposed actions, Antigone has no plans to veer from her course. Describe one of Antigone's driving forces for her plan in this section of the play.

2. In Part 4, the Chorus highlights the stillness at the heart of tragedy. What is the significance of stillness in the play?

3. Why do you think that Antigone lies to Creon when he asks if anyone else knows what she is doing in Part 5?

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

5. What might Creon's failed attempts to cover up Antigone's betrayal represent to the author?

6. What role does Ismene play in Part 5?

7. What is represented by Antigone and Haemon's burial?

8. Once again, Antigone has a chance to escape death in Part 5, yet she seems to fight for the right to die rather than fight for the right to live. How does Antigone once again put herself directly in harm's way?

9. After learning of Haemon's suicide, Creon's wife takes her life. What does Creon say about those who have died?

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

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