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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the two prisoners revealed in the start of Scene One?
(a) Jack and Warren.
(b) James and Winston.
(c) John and William.
(d) John and Winston.

2. John says it is okay if the audience laughs at the beginning as long as they do what at the end?
(a) Listen.
(b) Throw roses on the stage.
(c) Clap.
(d) Give them a standing ovation.

3. Who is the accused party in the play they are preparing for in Scene One?
(a) Polynices.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Creon.

4. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?
(a) Robben Island.
(b) St. George’s Strand.
(c) St. George’s Beach.
(d) Robben’s Beach.

5. How long ago did John and Winston meet?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John do to try to get Winston to laugh?

2. What term does Winston use in regards to the play, which John says is the same term Hodoshe uses in regards to their convictions?

3. What does John recall Winston said as he jumped off the jetty at Robben Island?

4. What does Winston do when he notices that John’s ear is bleeding?

5. What is John’s child’s name, whom he reminisces about in Scene One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do John and Winston say about their difficult day digging sand?

2. What happened in Scene Two when John returns to his cell after being called by Hodoshe?

3. What does John recall about the first day he and Winston met?

4. What reason does John give Winston for laughing at him when he saw him dressed as Antigone?

5. How does Winston react to how John behaves when he sees him dressed as Antigone?

6. What are John and Winston doing on the Island at the start of Scene One?

7. Under what circumstances does Winston say he will agree to be in the play?

8. What does Winston do in the cell after Hodoshe takes John away in Scene Two?

9. Why is John frustrated with Winston in regards to the play, Antigone?

10. Describe John and Winston’s cell as described at the start of Scene One.

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