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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Winston give for not want to play the part of Antigone?
(a) He cannot remember Antigone’s lines.
(b) He does not agree with Antigone’s actions.
(c) He likes King Creon’s costume better.
(d) He is a man, not a woman.

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

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

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

5. How does Winston feel when Hodoshe calls for John in Scene Two?
(a) Angry.
(b) He feels like he is getting what he deserves.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Nervous.

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

7. How long ago did John and Winston meet?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 15 years.

8. How does Winston react to John’s news in Scene Two?
(a) He refuses to speak to John.
(b) He becomes angry.
(c) He is ecstatic.
(d) He sobs uncontrollably/

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. Who does The State refer to in the play John and Winston are performing?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Hodoshe.
(c) Polynices.
(d) King Creon.

14. 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.

15. Who is NOT one of the listed authors of The Island?
(a) John Kani.
(b) Athol Fugard.
(c) Athol Ntshona.
(d) Winston Ntshona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is John hiding at the start of Scene Two so that he cannot see Winston changing?

2. Who does John pretend to call in their cell at night at the end of Scene One?

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

4. How does John react when he sees Winston dressed up?

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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