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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does John react when he sees Winston dressed up?
(a) He bows respectfully.
(b) He becomes angry.
(c) He cries.
(d) He laughs.

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

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

5. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?
(a) St. George’s Strand.
(b) Robben Island.
(c) St. George’s Beach.
(d) Robben’s Beach.

6. What reason does John give for Winston being unable to perform as King Creon?
(a) He does not deserve to play a King.
(b) He looks more like a woman than John does.
(c) King Creon’s costume will not fit him.
(d) He does not have time to learn the lines.

7. How many miles was the drive from Rooihel to the ferry to get them to Robben Island?
(a) 5000.
(b) 250.
(c) 500.
(d) 50.

8. Who is the accused party in the play they are preparing for in Scene One?
(a) Creon.
(b) Polynices.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Eteocles.

9. What is John’s child’s name, whom he reminisces about in Scene One?
(a) Monty.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Martin.
(d) Monde.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Where is John hiding at the start of Scene Two so that he cannot see Winston changing?
(a) Under a blanket.
(b) Behind his hands.
(c) In the corner.
(d) Behind the bucket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John do to try to get Winston to laugh?

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

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

4. Where does Winston receive a wound after being beat up in Scene One?

5. What is the name of the Captain that Hodoshe took John to see in Scene Two?

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