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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 of the news he brings?
(a) It's both good and bad news.
(b) It's hard to interpret if it's good or bad.
(c) It's good news.
(d) It's bad news.

2. What does Oedipus wish for himself, if he unknowingly hosted the murderer at his home?
(a) to be ripped from his land and family
(b) a life of solitude and sobriety
(c) all the bad things he wished upon the murderer
(d) eternal damnation

3. According to Creon, who does a witness say killed Laius?
(a) a band of soldiers
(b) a lone traveller
(c) a man with the power of a god
(d) a gang of robbers

4. Where are the townspeople who are not gathered to speak with Oedipus?
(a) in the fields, trying to cure the diseases
(b) at the gods' shrines asking for help
(c) at home, caring for the sick
(d) in their graves

5. Where did Laius order his infant child to be put?
(a) in a river
(b) in a field
(c) in the ocean
(d) on a mountain

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of her and Laius' infant child does Jocasta say Laius bound?

2. Before Teiresias leaves, what does he say about the murderer's nationality?

3. What does Creon deny that he has a desire to do?

4. What possible explanation does the chorus leader give for Oedipus' charge against Creon?

5. What does the priest call pestilence?

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