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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene Two .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was John’s original sentence?
(a) 20 years to life.
(b) 10 years.
(c) Life.
(d) 8 months.

2. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?
(a) Robben Island.
(b) St. George’s Strand.
(c) Robben’s Beach.
(d) St. George’s Beach.

3. What does John recall Winston said as he jumped off the jetty at Robben Island?
(a) Home sweet home!
(b) Get me out of here!
(c) I am innocent!
(d) Farewell Africa!

4. John says it is okay if the audience laughs at the beginning as long as they do what at the end?
(a) Throw roses on the stage.
(b) Clap.
(c) Listen.
(d) Give them a standing ovation.

5. Who is the old man, who started singing, which John remembers as being with them the day they met?
(a) Tembo.
(b) Simbo.
(c) Sipho.
(d) Tatu Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Winston give for not want to play the part of Antigone?

2. Who is the accused party in the play they are preparing for in Scene One?

3. What is the name of the Island on which the play opens?

4. What song did the old man sing as the van drove away the day John and Winston met?

5. Winston tells John that he wants to get tobacco for Sipho, who is in solitary again for what reason?

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