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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John begin to count in his bed at the start of Scene Three?
(a) Nails on the necklace.
(b) Sheep.
(c) His remaining days in prison.
(d) His money.

2. What is the main reason Winston says John’s life will improve once he is transferred?
(a) He will have a better cell.
(b) The food will be better.
(c) Winston will not be there.
(d) Hodoshe will not be there.

3. What does John struggle with at the start of Scene Three?
(a) Drinking water.
(b) Reading in the dark.
(c) Eating.
(d) Falling asleep.

4. Winston says he wants Hodoshe to read his warrant so he can see Winston was sentenced to what?
(a) Life with the possibility of parole.
(b) Only 3 months.
(c) Life, not death.
(d) 15 years to life.

5. When John and Winston first met, he had just returned from his trial, which was where?
(a) St. George’s Strand.
(b) Robben Island.
(c) Cradock.
(d) Rooihel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose does Antigone bury in the play John and Winston are to perform?

2. What did the Black prisoners yell to them when their van stopped at a gas station on the way to Robben Island?

3. What does Antigone ask when King Creon asks if she has any final words?

4. Who is NOT one of the listed authors of The Island?

5. The play ends with Winston tearing off his wig and saying that he goes on to his “living death” (77) because he honored what?

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