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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 is Winston dressing up as at the start of Scene Two?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Hodoshe.
(d) Polynices.

2. What song did the old man sing as the van drove away the day John and Winston met?
(a) a Defiance Campaign song.
(b) A South African folk song.
(c) A song he wrote himself.
(d) A modern pop song.

3. What is the name of the Captain that Hodoshe took John to see in Scene Two?
(a) Prinsloo.
(b) Tempo.
(c) Prince.
(d) Polynices.

4. What does Winston say in regards to Antigone’s plea in Scene One?
(a) That he committed the same crime.
(b) That she was not guilty.
(c) That she was guilty.
(d) He does not know what her plea is in regards to.

5. What sound is heard in the background at the start of Scene One?
(a) The guards yelling.
(b) Prisoners banging on cell walls.
(c) Doors being locked.
(d) Sirens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does John worry about the noise Winston makes in their cell in Scene One?

3. What holiday was it the last time John was at St. George’s Strand?

4. Who is the old man, who started singing, which John remembers as being with them the day they met?

5. Where is John hiding at the start of Scene Two so that he cannot see Winston changing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Winston resolve to tell John about Antigone when he returns to the cell in Scene Two?

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

3. Describe how John reacts when he sees Winston dressed as Antigone at the start of Scene Two.

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

5. What does John say in regards to the audience potentially laughing at Winston?

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

7. What happens when the whistles sound while John and Winston are on the Island digging?

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

9. How does John and Winston take care of each other in their cell after they have been beaten?

10. What do Winston and John say about the sand they were digging after Winston wipes some from his eyes in their cell?

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