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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) A heavy fine and incarceration.
(b) Exile.
(c) Hard labor.
(d) Execution.

2. 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?
(a) Give her the money she needs.
(b) Leave.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Marry her right away.

3. What does Ismene say Creon has that will drag them to the scaffold?
(a) A wooden cart full of straw.
(b) An army of hundreds.
(c) A mob of thousands of arms and eyes.
(d) A strong, black stallion.

4. In Part 2, for what does the Nurse chastise Antigone and Ismene?
(a) For making too much noise.
(b) For not respecting her.
(c) For not having any common sense.
(d) For rising so early.

5. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?
(a) Their date of birth.
(b) Their current state of health.
(c) Their eventual fates.
(d) Their pets' names.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Antigone tells the Nurse that she is too _____________ for what she must do.

2. Antigone says the Nurse is stronger than what in Part 2?

3. How are Haemon and Creon related?

4. What does Ismene try to do when Antigone wants to discuss her plan in Part 2?

5. In Part 2, how does Antigone think her mother would feel about what she was doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Creon represent in Part 4?

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

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

4. How do Ismene and Antigone each react to Creon's edict?

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

6. The tragedy of lost lives for the sake of a political statement is one that permeates even into modern times. What message do you think Anouilh was trying to convey through his play, "Antigone"?

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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