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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before he leaves, what does Oedipus say will happen?
(a) The gods will decide the outcome, and the murderer's fate is in their hands.
(b) Either the murderer will be caught and punished, or else they will all be ruined.
(c) The murderer will definitely be caught and punished.
(d) The whole town, and Oedipus himself, will definitely be ruined.

2. Why does Oedipus ask Creon to speak in front of the townspeople?
(a) Oedipus wants to show Creon that he's not afraid.
(b) Oedipus wants the townspeople to become used to Creon's voice.
(c) Oedipus feels more for the townspeople than for his own life.
(d) Oedipus wants to show the townspeople he's not afraid.

3. What does Creon accuse Oedipus of?
(a) being stupid and not the one to answer the Sphinx's riddle
(b) being power hungry and greedy
(c) framing him to cover Oedipus's own crimes
(d) being stubborn and forgetting common sense

4. What does Creon say stopped the city from looking into the king's death?
(a) a war with Corinth
(b) a plague on the crops
(c) trouble with the Sphinx
(d) a storm that destroyed the town

5. What does Creon say about Laius' companions when he was killed?
(a) They were all killed but one, who ran away.
(b) The king was alone.
(c) They all ran away.
(d) They were all killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Oedipus angry, when he encountered the stranger's carriage on the road?

2. What argument does Oedipus offer that Teiresias is not really a prophet?

3. What deal does Oedipus offer the murderer if he gives himself in?

4. How does Oedipus react to the chorus' pleas?

5. What does the chorus say about Oedipus' possible motive for killing Laius?

(see the answer key)

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