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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the two prisoners revealed in the start of Scene One?
(a) John and Winston.
(b) John and William.
(c) James and Winston.
(d) Jack and Warren.

2. What are the prisoners doing on the Island at the start of Scene One?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Emptying the ocean with buckets.
(c) Digging sand.
(d) Fighting.

3. Winston tells John that he wants to get tobacco for Sipho, who is in solitary again for what reason?
(a) Fighting with his cellmate.
(b) Complaining about the food.
(c) Fighting with the guards.
(d) Refusing to work.

4. Whose does Antigone bury in the play John and Winston are to perform?
(a) Polynices.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Creon.

5. How much time does John find out he has left after meeting with the Captain?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John worry about the noise Winston makes in their cell in Scene One?

2. What does John use to try to clean Winston’s wound?

3. What happens to John and Winston after the sound of the first whistle in Scene One?

4. In what prison did John and Winston meet?

5. John says it is okay if the audience laughs at the beginning as long as they do what at the end?

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