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

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

3. How is Antigone described in Part 1?
(a) An angel.
(b) A bright, blond woman.
(c) An uncommonly beautiful creature.
(d) A dark, thin girl.

4. What does Antigone make Haemon promise in Part 3?
(a) To never marry another woman.
(b) To love her as long as she is alive.
(c) That when she's finished saying what she has to say, he will walk away withough looking back.
(d) To take her with him when he goes away to war.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Polynices's body in Part 1?

3. What does the person who confronts Antigone do when expressing her frustration?

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

5. In Part 2, what does the person who confronts Antigone say in response to Antigone's reply about where she had been?

Short Essay Questions

1. Ismene asks Antigone if she has considered some of the possible ramifications of her actions. What were the ramifications that Ismene was asking about, and how does Antigone react to the question?

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

3. Why do you think the author chose to introduce Antigone and her sister, Ismene, as such contrasting characters? What purpose might this serve to the storyline?

4. As is typical of a tragedy, the lovers die together; their marital bed now serving as their death bed. Do you think Creon is really surprised by Haemon's suicide?

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

6. What is the moment of crisis as described in "Antigone"?

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

8. Do you think Antigone is to blame for what happens to her?

9. What role does Ismene play in Part 5?

10. Ismene uses several arguments in an effort to convince Antigone that her plan to bury Polynices is foolhardy. Choose one of those arguments and describe why the argument might work or why it might not.

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