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

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

3. In Part 2, what does Antigone say that she is not?
(a) Scared.
(b) Beautiful
(c) Happy.
(d) Concerned.

4. What does Antigone ask of Nurse when Nurse enters the room?
(a) To close the door on her way out.
(b) To treat her dog well.
(c) To bring her toast and jam.
(d) To take care of Ismene.

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 agrees and offers Ismene another option.
(d) She disagrees and begins to pack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?

2. When Haemon enters, what does the Nurse do?

3. In Part 2, what does Antigone tell Ismene that she should not forgo?

4. 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?

5. What does Ismene ask Antigone after Antigone says that she has considered all of the possible consequences of her proposed actions in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Ismene play in Part 5?

2. When the Chorus tells Creon that Haemon has been "mortally wounded" by Creon's indifference, Creon's response is that they all have. What does he mean by this statement?

3. What remains for Creon to do after the deaths of his wife, his son and his niece?

4. 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?

5. Antigone extracts a promise from Haemon: he will turn and walk away, no questions asked, when Antigone finishes telling him what she needs to tell him. What do you think Antigone was trying to accomplish by asking Haemon to make this promise?

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

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

8. Outline the descriptions of the following characters: Antigone, Ismene, Creon, Haemon.

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

10. In Part 7, what is the symbolism of the guards coming in and sitting down to play cards?

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