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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have John and Winston done to their cell at the start of Scene Four?
(a) Trashed it.
(b) Broken everything in it.
(c) Painted it.
(d) Converted it into a stage.

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

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

4. What does Winston say will happen between him and John once John is released?
(a) They will forget each other.
(b) John will visit.
(c) They will call each other.
(d) They will write often.

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

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

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

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

9. When King Creon says that as King he symbolizes the State, how does Antigone respond?
(a) You are not my King.
(b) She spits on his shoes.
(c) Are you God?
(d) Who made you King?

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

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

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

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

14. What happened after Antigone buried her brother?
(a) She was honored by the King.
(b) She was given money for his burial.
(c) She was praised.
(d) She was arrested.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does King Creon tell the people he is to them?

3. Where does Winston say John will go after spending time with his family once he is released?

4. What is King Creon’s robe made out of?

5. What does Winston say about John’s freedom after John asks why Winston is punishing him in Scene Three?

(see the answer keys)

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