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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the shepherd say gave him the infant child?
(a) Laius
(b) Jocasta
(c) Jocasta's maid
(d) Laius's servant

2. At the end of the scene, what does Oedipus ask the people to stand up and take?
(a) the news to the outlying farms
(b) pity on him in his misery
(c) arms
(d) their suppliant branches

3. What sentence does Oedipus want to give to Creon for his crime?
(a) banishment
(b) death
(c) mutilation
(d) imprisonment

4. What is Creon wearing on his head as he approaches the town?
(a) a chain of daisies
(b) a hood
(c) a laurel wreath
(d) a crown

5. What city was the father who raised Oedipus from?
(a) Corinth
(b) Thebes
(c) Sparta
(d) Athens

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teiresias believe about future events?

2. Does the messenger identify the shepherd as the man he mentioned earlier?

3. What does Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?

4. How has Teiresias' pronouncement made the chorus feel?

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

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