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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 punishment for not following the king's orders about Polynices's body?
(a) Exile.
(b) Hard labor.
(c) A heavy fine and incarceration.
(d) Execution.

2. What is Ismene doing in Part 1 when she is introduced?
(a) Lamenting her eventual fate.
(b) Pretending she is alone.
(c) Asking Creon to accept her as a courtesan.
(d) Laughing and chatting with Haemon.

3. Who does Antigone send to get coffee in Part 2?
(a) Ismene.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Haemon.
(d) Creon.

4. After Haemon exits in Part 3, who comes in to talk to Antigone?
(a) Polynices.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Her mother's ghost.
(d) Ismene.

5. What is the initial result when Eteocles refuses to honor the agreement with Polynices?
(a) A new agreement is drawn up.
(b) A war breaks out.
(c) The throne is ceded to a relative.
(d) A marriage is arranged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polynices is Ismene's ______________.

2. What did Antigone fling at Ismene when they were children?

3. Ismene tells Antigone that she should __________ Polynices like Polynices ____________ them.

4. What did Antigone say that she wanted Haemon to do when she visited him the previous evening?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What methods does Creon use to try to convince Antigone that she is on the wrong path in Part 5?

5. What is the purpose of the Chorus in Part 1?

6. What is the purpose of Antigone's letter to Haemon in Part 6?

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

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

9. What does Creon finally reveal to Antigone in Part 5 that leaves her confused?

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

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