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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long would the shepherds stay in the fields each year?
(a) three months
(b) nine months
(c) one month
(d) six months

2. What does Oedipus ask about Polybus' death?
(a) what the cause of his death was
(b) what Polybus said before his death
(c) what time of day he died
(d) whether his mother knows of the death

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

4. What does the chorus leader tell Oedipus about the murderer?
(a) that he suspects who the murderer is but doesn't know
(b) that he is not the murderer and doesn't know who the murderer is
(c) that he doesn't want to know who the murderer is
(d) that the murderer likely had nothing to do with Thebes

5. What deal does Oedipus offer the murderer if he gives himself in?
(a) Oedipus offers to limit the murderer's banishment.
(b) Oedipus offers the murderer a place in Corinth in exchange for banishment from Thebes.
(c) Oedipus offers the murderer his choice of death or banishment.
(d) Oedipus offers to banish the murderer instead of killing him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the chorus leader say should reveal the murderer?

2. What is the position of the chorus, as stated by the chorus leader, in the conflict between Oedipus and Creon?

3. What does Creon accuse Oedipus of?

4. Who does the messenger say gave him the infant Oedipus?

5. What does Oedipus accuse Creon of?

(see the answer key)

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