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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 does not agree with Antigone’s actions.
(b) He cannot remember Antigone’s lines.
(c) He is a man, not a woman.
(d) He likes King Creon’s costume better.

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

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

4. 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) Gobbledygook.
(b) Nonsense.
(c) Child’s play.
(d) Hocus Pocus.

5. John says it is okay if the audience laughs at the beginning as long as they do what at the end?
(a) Clap.
(b) Listen.
(c) Throw roses on the stage.
(d) Give them a standing ovation.

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

7. What does John use to try to clean Winston’s wound?
(a) His own urine.
(b) Winston’s urine.
(c) Water from their bucket.
(d) Ocean water.

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

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

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

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

12. What does John collect nails for in Scene One?
(a) Antigone’s necklace.
(b) A wind chime.
(c) A cross.
(d) A weapon.

13. What does Winston yell out after John stops him from banging on the cell door in Scene One?
(a) Get me out of here!
(b) I am innocent!
(c) I will kill you!
(d) Hodoshe!

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John worry about the noise Winston makes in their cell in Scene One?

2. Winston tells John that he wants to get tobacco for Sipho, who is in solitary again for what reason?

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

4. What was John’s original sentence?

5. Who are the two prisoners revealed in the start of Scene One?

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