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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oedipus first say to Jocasta, after questioning the messenger about Polybus' death?
(a) He regrets that he left his home in Corinth without reason.
(b) He says he must immediately leave for Corinth to see his mother.
(c) He says that this foretells a new era of prosperity in Thebes.
(d) He wonders why anyone would pay homage to Apollo's prophets.

2. What argument does Oedipus offer that Teiresias is not really a prophet?
(a) Teiresias did not answer the Sphinx's riddle.
(b) Teiresias's prophecies conflict with the oracle.
(c) Teiresias is only faking blindness.
(d) Teiresias changes his prophesies from one day to the next.

3. What is Oedipus' initial reaction when Creon asks to explain himself?
(a) Oedipus says he'll listen, but he's afraid of Creon's smooth tongue.
(b) Oedipus says that he'll listen, and he hopes he can trust Creon.
(c) Oedipus is eager to hear Creon's explanation.
(d) Oedipus refuses to listen to anything Creon has to say.

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

5. What does Creon say Oedipus can do, if he finds proof Creon's lying?
(a) banish Creon from the kingdom forever
(b) cut Creon's throat then and there
(c) kill Creon before his sister's eyes
(d) arrest Creon and sentence him to death

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Oedipus' attitude toward Teiresias when he first speaks to the prophet?

3. How does Teiresias respond when Oedipus says the prophet speaks in riddles?

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

5. What does Jocasta bring to the shrine of Apollo outside the castle gates?

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