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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. Whose does Antigone bury in the play John and Winston are to perform?
(a) Creon.
(b) Polynices.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Her mother.

2. How does Winston feel when Hodoshe calls for John in Scene Two?
(a) Angry.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) He feels like he is getting what he deserves.

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

4. In what prison did John and Winston meet?
(a) Cradock.
(b) Robben.
(c) Kokstad.
(d) Rooihel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the prison does The Island begin?

2. Where does John get injured after being beat up in Scene One?

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

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

5. How does John react when he sees Winston dressed up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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