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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of the scene, what does Oedipus ask the people to stand up and take?
(a) pity on him in his misery
(b) their suppliant branches
(c) the news to the outlying farms
(d) arms

3. Who accused Oedipus of not being his father's real son?
(a) a stranger passng through the town
(b) his cousin, son of his mother's sister
(c) the local prophet
(d) a drunk man at a dinner

4. Who does Oedipus say he's seeking vengeance for?
(a) the land and the god Apollo
(b) the gods and the prophets
(c) Creon and Jocasta
(d) himself and the people of Thebes

5. Who does the chorus think can help end the conflict between Creon and Oedipus?
(a) Apollo
(b) Jocasta
(c) Teiresias
(d) the oracle

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Teiresias give for not answering Oedipus' questions?

2. What does the chorus leader think of Oedipus' curses on the murderer?

3. What gives Oedipus hope that he did not kill Laius?

4. How has Teiresias' pronouncement made the chorus feel?

5. What does Oedipus tell Jocasta, when she begs him to tell her what's troubling him?

(see the answer key)

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