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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. How does John react when he sees Winston dressed up?
(a) He becomes angry.
(b) He cries.
(c) He bows respectfully.
(d) He laughs.

2. What does John tell Winston upon his return from seeing Hodoshe?
(a) That his sentenced has been extended.
(b) That his sentence has been reduced.
(c) That his wife has died.
(d) That he is leaving tonight.

3. What reason does John give for Winston being unable to perform as King Creon?
(a) King Creon’s costume will not fit him.
(b) He does not deserve to play a King.
(c) He looks more like a woman than John does.
(d) He does not have time to learn the lines.

4. When John and Winston first met, he had just returned from his trial, which was where?
(a) Cradock.
(b) St. George’s Strand.
(c) Rooihel.
(d) Robben Island.

5. Where does John get injured after being beat up in Scene One?
(a) His hand.
(b) His arm.
(c) His ankle.
(d) His eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?

2. How long ago did John and Winston meet?

3. How does Winston react to John’s news in Scene Two?

4. How much time does John find out he has left after meeting with the Captain?

5. Who does John pretend to call in their cell at night at the end of Scene One?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does John recall about when they approached and arrived at Robben Island?

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

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