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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does John pretend to call in their cell at night at the end of Scene One?
(a) Scott.
(b) Winston’s wife.
(c) Hodoshe.
(d) John’s wife.

2. Who is Winston dressing up as at the start of Scene Two?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Polynices.
(d) Hodoshe.

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

4. 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.

5. What is the name of the Island on which the play opens?
(a) Hodoshe.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Robben.
(d) Winston.

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

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

8. 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 song he wrote himself.
(c) a Defiance Campaign song.
(d) A modern pop song.

9. Where does Winston receive a wound after being beat up in Scene One?
(a) His eye.
(b) His foot.
(c) His arm.
(d) His ankle.

10. 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) Listen.
(c) Clap.
(d) Give them a standing ovation.

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

12. What does John do to try to get Winston to laugh?
(a) He puts on Antigone’s costume.
(b) He does a silly dance.
(c) He tickles him.
(d) He very dramatically says Antigone’s lines.

13. What feeling did John have while shoveling sand, which Winston said was exactly what Hodoshe wanted?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Peace.
(d) Hatred for Winston.

14. What does John tell Winston upon his return from seeing Hodoshe?
(a) That he is leaving tonight.
(b) That his sentenced has been extended.
(c) That his sentence has been reduced.
(d) That his wife has died.

15. Where does John get injured after being beat up in Scene One?
(a) His hand.
(b) His arm.
(c) His eye.
(d) His ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. When John and Winston first met, he had just returned from his trial, which was where?

2. How does Winston feel when Hodoshe calls for John in Scene Two?

3. What holiday was it the last time John was at St. George’s Strand?

4. What does John collect nails for in Scene One?

5. Winston says he wants Hodoshe to read his warrant so he can see Winston was sentenced to what?

(see the answer keys)

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