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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 Jocasta send for after hearing the messenger's news?
(a) the oracle
(b) Oedipus
(c) Creon
(d) Teiresias

2. What does Oedipus decree that no citizen of Thebes shall do?
(a) talk or gossip about the murder
(b) pray to any god but Apollo until the murderer is found
(c) shelter, talk, or consort with the murderer
(d) leave the town until the murderer is found

3. What children did Polybus have before Oedipus?
(a) none
(b) a son who was stolen away
(c) a daughter who died
(d) a son who died

4. What does Teiresias say about his own wisdom, after Oedipus questions him about Laius' murderer?
(a) It is a blessing and a curse.
(b) It brings no benefits.
(c) It is fleeting and unreliable.
(d) It is misunderstood, even by himself.

5. What does Oedipus ask, when Jocasta tells Oedipus the messenger's news?
(a) He asks Jocasta to leave him and go to the palace.
(b) He asks a servant to bring Creon to him.
(c) He asks a servant to bring Teiresias to him.
(d) He asks the messenger to tell him the news himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jocasta chide Oedipus and Creon for?

2. What does Jocasta say about human prophecy?

3. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's financial condition?

4. What does Teiresias answer when Oedipus asks the identity of his father?

5. Who is with the approaching shepherd?

(see the answer key)

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