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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 Winston react to John’s news in Scene Two?
(a) He is ecstatic.
(b) He sobs uncontrollably/
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He refuses to speak to John.

2. Who is the old man, who started singing, which John remembers as being with them the day they met?
(a) Simbo.
(b) Tembo.
(c) Sipho.
(d) Tatu Peter.

3. In what part of the prison does The Island begin?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The Captain’s office.
(c) A cell.
(d) The cafeteria.

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

5. What feeling did John have while shoveling sand, which Winston said was exactly what Hodoshe wanted?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Peace.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Hatred for Winston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Winston tells John that he wants to get tobacco for Sipho, who is in solitary again for what reason?

2. How does Winston alert the prisoners of John’s upcoming release?

3. Who is the accused party in the play they are preparing for in Scene One?

4. What does John tell Winston upon his return from seeing Hodoshe?

5. John says it is okay if the audience laughs at the beginning as long as they do what at the end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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