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

2. Who is playing cards in Part 1?
(a) Three soldiers.
(b) Antigone.
(c) The King.
(d) The Messenger.

3. What is Antigone's sister's name?
(a) Ismene.
(b) Ophelia.
(c) Aeronia.
(d) Esperanza.

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

5. What does Antigone tell Nurse to do if her dog keeps waiting by the door?
(a) To ignore the dog.
(b) To take the dog home with her.
(c) To put the dog down.
(d) To give the dog away.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Ismene tells Antigone that she is what?

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

3. In Part 3, under what conditions does Ismene think Antigone will perform the task Ismene fears she will?

4. What does Antigone feel like when the person who confronts her gets frustrated in Part 2?

5. What did Antigone do to try to find out if Haemon really wanted her in Part 3?

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. How does Antigone react to what the Nurse says about Antigone's mother in Part 2?

3. What is ironic about Ismene's plea to Antigone to give up her plan to bury Polynices?

4. After learning that everyone is dead, Creon leaves to make a council meeting. What is ironic about this?

5. What does Antigone ask the Nurse to do with her dog? Why is Antigone asking this of the Nurse?

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

7. In Part 2, what does the Nurse and her ministrations represent to Antigone?

8. Explain the convoluted path to the throne from Oedipus to Creon. Detail the characters and the way they became king.

9. 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?

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

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