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

2. What is the final, tragic result of the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices in Part 1?
(a) They are both asassinated.
(b) They kill each other.
(c) Their father has them executed.
(d) A plague sweeps through the city, and they both die.

3. What did Haemon do in Part 3 that caused the quarrel between him and Antigone?
(a) Asked Antigone to elope with him.
(b) Wouldn't let Antigone in his house.
(c) Laughed at Antigone.
(d) Told Antigone that he didn't love her.

4. Ismene reminds Antigone that Polynices was more of a ___________ to them.
(a) None of the answers are true.
(b) Father.
(c) Good friend.
(d) Stranger.

5. How does Antigone enter in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) She bangs the door open and runs in.
(b) She strides in angrily.
(c) She slips in through the window.
(d) She creeps in.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, who does Ismene say dies for ideas?

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

3. What is the name of Antigone's dog?

4. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?

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. What does the Chorus say about tragedy, and what significance does this have in Part 4?

3. 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?

4. What is Antigone's explanation to the Nurse for her late night in Part 2? How does the Nurse react? Why is Antigone lying about where she has been?

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

7. In Part 2, the reader begins to get a feel of Antigone as a tragic heroine. What are some of the hints the author gives to lead the reader to this conclusion?

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

9. What does Creon do that gives him a more human quality than he has previously shown?

10. 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?

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