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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Winston say he will be treated by friends and family once he is released?
(a) Like a saint.
(b) Like a king.
(c) They won’t talk to him.
(d) Like a criminal.

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

3. Which of John’s belongings does he struggle to recall when talking with Winston about his last day of prison?
(a) His slacks.
(b) His socks.
(c) His watch.
(d) His shirt.

4. What does Antigone say when King Creon asks if she knew what she did was illegal?
(a) I did not do anything.
(b) You have the wrong person, sir.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

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

6. What does King Creon say is one of the tools to ensure the people’s happiness?
(a) Law.
(b) Good cooking.
(c) Weekly parties.
(d) Money.

7. What does John begin to count in his bed at the start of Scene Three?
(a) His remaining days in prison.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Nails on the necklace.
(d) His money.

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

9. 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) The King.
(b) His wife.
(c) The things to which honor belongs.
(d) Nothing.

10. Who does King Creon bring out as one the “rats” he has captured?
(a) Polynices.
(b) Antigone.
(c) John.
(d) Eteocles.

11. 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 murdered him.
(d) She had him buried.

12. What does Winston say he and Harry have in common?
(a) They prefer prison to the outside world.
(b) They do not remember why there are in prison.
(c) They are both innocent.
(d) They committed the same crime.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after Antigone buried her brother?

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

3. What does Antigone say when King Creon asks how she will plead?

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

5. What do they use as backdrops for their play in Scene Four?

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