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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile does Jocasta use to describe the people of Thebes?
(a) like soldiers who see their commander slain
(b) like people on a ship who see the helmsman is afraid
(c) like people in a carriage who see the driver terrified
(d) like children who see their father's fear

2. What does Creon say his current position brings?
(a) fear and power but no freedom
(b) power and benefits without fear
(c) freedom from fear but no power
(d) royal benefits but no freedom

3. What does Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?
(a) war with Corinth
(b) Oedipus' exile or death
(c) Creon becoming a tyrannt
(d) destruction of Thebes

4. Where does Jocasta say that Laius was murdered?
(a) where two roads cross a stream
(b) where the flatlands begin to become steep
(c) at the kingdom's border
(d) where three roads meet

5. What does Oedipus accuse Creon of?
(a) setting the Sphinx upon Thebes
(b) trying to overthrow him for the sake of power and riches
(c) killing Laius and causing the plagues
(d) wanting to marry Jocasta himself

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the shepherd say gave him the infant child?

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

3. What does Creon say Oedipus can do, if he finds proof Creon's lying?

4. When Jocasta begs him to stop his investigation and runs off, how does Oedipus say he feels about potentially discovering something bad about his natural parents?

5. What does Jocasta ask Oedipus to do regarding her brother?

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