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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. Where does Jocasta say that Laius was murdered?
(a) where the flatlands begin to become steep
(b) where three roads meet
(c) at the kingdom's border
(d) where two roads cross a stream
2. Who first sees the old shepherd approaching?
(a) Jocasta
(b) the messenger
(c) Oedipus
(d) the chorus
3. Where did Laius order his infant child to be put?
(a) on a mountain
(b) in the ocean
(c) in a river
(d) in a field
4. What does Oedipus tell the messenger he regrets about leaving Corinth?
(a) having met Creon
(b) having met Jocasta
(c) not seeing his parents
(d) having taken on the burden of ruling Thebes
5. What does Jocasta ask Oedipus to do regarding her brother?
(a) trust that Creon is telling the truth
(b) make her responsible for Creon
(c) send Creon away instead of killing him
(d) hold Creon in prison until he can discover the truth
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Creon deny that he has a desire to do?
2. Does the shepherd identify the messenger as someone he's met?
3. What does Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?
4. How does the messenger say Jocasta will feel about his news?
5. What made Oedipus angry, when he encountered the stranger's carriage on the road?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the shepherd's reaction to being questioned about the infant he gave away and being told that Oedipus is that infant?
2. What is the chorus' attitude toward Oedipus, in his conflict with Creon?
3. How does Jocasta react to the messenger's news?
4. What favor did Jocasta do for the person who told her about Laius' death?
5. What is the chorus' foremost concern?
6. How does Creon seem to react to Oedipus leveling charges against him?
7. Why does Jocasta try to stop Oedipus from trying to find out the truth of his birth?
8. What prophecy does Jocasta tell Oedipus about?
9. What is the first thing Oedipus tells Jocasta, when he tells her about the argument between himself and Creon?
10. Why does Oedipus question how his father could love him?
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