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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song do the trumpets play at the start of their performance of Antigone?
(a) Hail to the King.
(b) Pomp and Circumstance.
(c) TAPS.
(d) Here comes the bride.

2. Who does Winston say will be waiting outside the gate for John when he is released?
(a) His parole officer.
(b) His buddies.
(c) His social worker.
(d) His family.

3. What does Antigone ask when King Creon asks if she has any final words?
(a) She asks who made the law.
(b) Shut up.
(c) I would like to change my plea.
(d) No.

4. What does King Creon tell the people he is to them?
(a) Their boss.
(b) Their lord.
(c) Their master.
(d) Their servant.

5. Where does Winston say John will go after spending time with his family once he is released?
(a) His house.
(b) Sipho’s.
(c) Sky’s.
(d) Scott’s.

6. Which brother fought on the side of the state in the play Antigone?
(a) Creon.
(b) Polynices.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Eratosthenes.

7. What does Antigone say when King Creon asks how she will plead?
(a) No contest.
(b) I plead the fifth.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Not Guilty.

8. Where does Winston say John will most likely work after he is transferred to a new prison?
(a) The Island.
(b) An office.
(c) The metal shop.
(d) The vineyard.

9. Why does Winston say they will feed John better in his final weeks in prison?
(a) Because that prison gets better funding.
(b) Because John’s wife will send them money for food.
(c) So that he looks good when he gets out.
(d) Because Winston knows the cook there.

10. Who opens the play in Scene Four?
(a) Hodoshe.
(b) John.
(c) Winston.
(d) Prinsloo.

11. Where does Winston tell John he will be transferred before his three months are up at Robben Island?
(a) Victor Island.
(b) King Creon’s prison.
(c) Victor Verster Prison.
(d) St. George’s Prison.

12. What is Winston doing at the end of Scene Three?
(a) Saying goodbye to John.
(b) Dressing up as King Creon.
(c) Getting the Antigone props ready.
(d) Crying.

13. What part does John play in the performance of Antigone?
(a) Polynices.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Antigone.
(d) King Creon.

14. What is the play John and Winston performed called?
(a) The Trial and Punishment of Antigone.
(b) The Life and Death of Antigone.
(c) Antigone’s Mistrial.
(d) The Crime and Punishment of Antigone.

15. What does John struggle with at the start of Scene Three?
(a) Falling asleep.
(b) Eating.
(c) Drinking water.
(d) Reading in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does John say Harry has been locked up?

2. What is the main reason Winston says John’s life will improve once he is transferred?

3. What happened after Antigone buried her brother?

4. What does Winston say will happen between him and John once John is released?

5. The play ends with Winston tearing off his wig and saying that he goes on to his “living death” (77) because he honored what?

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