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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the two brothers in battle?
(a) They won.
(b) They ran away.
(c) They both died.
(d) They killed each other.

2. Which brother fought in opposition to the state in the play Antigone?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Polynices.
(c) Labdacus.
(d) Eteocles.

3. The play ends with Winston tearing off his wig and saying that he goes on to his “living death” (77) because he honored what?
(a) His wife.
(b) The things to which honor belongs.
(c) The King.
(d) Nothing.

4. What is the main reason Winston says John’s life will improve once he is transferred?
(a) The food will be better.
(b) Hodoshe will not be there.
(c) Winston will not be there.
(d) He will have a better cell.

5. What do they use as backdrops for their play in Scene Four?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Sheets.
(d) Garbage bags.

6. What did Antigone do to Polynices?
(a) She blamed him for her brother’s death.
(b) She pretended she did not know him.
(c) She had him buried.
(d) She murdered him.

7. What does Winston say the prison has turned Harry into?
(a) Stone.
(b) A saint.
(c) A rat.
(d) A monk.

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

9. Where does Scene Three of The Island open?
(a) Winston’s home.
(b) John and Winston’s cell.
(c) John’s home.
(d) The captain’s office.

10. What does King Creon say the success of a state is measured by?
(a) The kinds of jobs people have.
(b) The fatness and happiness of the people.
(c) The wealth of the state.
(d) The number of children people have each year?

11. What does Winston say about John’s freedom after John asks why Winston is punishing him in Scene Three?
(a) It’s close.
(b) It’s glorious.
(c) It stinks.
(d) It’s undeserved.

12. How long does John say Harry has been locked up?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 70 years.

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

14. John tells the audience that the story is about two brothers of what house?
(a) Labdacus.
(b) Abacus.
(c) Lavaticus.
(d) Incubus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Winston doing at the end of Scene Three?

2. What does John begin to count in his bed at the start of Scene Three?

3. How does Winston say he will be treated by friends and family once he is released?

4. What does John struggle with at the start of Scene Three?

5. After telling his family about prison life, Winston says John will still not be pleased because he needs what?

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