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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Rooihel.
(d) Cradock.

2. What does Winston put on after John leaves the cell in Scene Two?
(a) John’s socks.
(b) King Creon’s costume.
(c) Antigone’s wig.
(d) His pajamas.

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

4. 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) Give them a standing ovation.
(d) Throw roses on the stage.

5. 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.

6. What does Winston do when he notices that John’s ear is bleeding?
(a) Screams.
(b) Clean it.
(c) Pretends he does not see it.
(d) Calls for the guards.

7. How does Winston alert the prisoners of John’s upcoming release?
(a) He bangs on the cell walls.
(b) He calls them from the phone in their cell.
(c) He yells to them.
(d) He sends a note attached to a string to each cell.

8. In what prison did John and Winston meet?
(a) Cradock.
(b) Rooihel.
(c) Kokstad.
(d) Robben.

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

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

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

12. Winston says he wants Hodoshe to read his warrant so he can see Winston was sentenced to what?
(a) 15 years to life.
(b) Life, not death.
(c) Only 3 months.
(d) Life with the possibility of parole.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does The State refer to in the play John and Winston are performing?

2. Whose does Antigone bury in the play John and Winston are to perform?

3. What did the Black prisoners yell to them when their van stopped at a gas station on the way to Robben Island?

4. What sound is heard in the background at the start of Scene One?

5. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?

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