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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song did the old man sing as the van drove away the day John and Winston met?
(a) A South African folk song.
(b) a Defiance Campaign song.
(c) A song he wrote himself.
(d) A modern pop song.

2. What term does Winston use in regards to the play, which John says is the same term Hodoshe uses in regards to their convictions?
(a) Nonsense.
(b) Hocus Pocus.
(c) Gobbledygook.
(d) Child’s play.

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

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

5. What happens to John and Winston after the sound of the first whistle in Scene One?
(a) They are served lunch.
(b) They are handcuffed.
(c) They are allowed to go home.
(d) They are yelled at to work harder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Winston say John will go after spending time with his family once he is released?

2. What does Winston yell out after John stops him from banging on the cell door in Scene One?

3. Who is the old man, who started singing, which John remembers as being with them the day they met?

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

5. What does Winston say he and Harry have in common?

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