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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Teiresias say he serves?
(a) Zeus
(b) Apollo
(c) Creon
(d) Oedipus

2. What does the chorus leader rebuke both Oedipus and Teiresias for?
(a) not listening to each other and talking at cross purposes
(b) not talking with Creon
(c) being angry and quarrelling instead of finding the murderer
(d) not talking with Jocasta

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

4. What part of her and Laius' infant child does Jocasta say Laius bound?
(a) his knees
(b) his wrists
(c) his elbows
(d) his ankles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oedipus react to the chorus' pleas?

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

3. When Creon turns the tables and begins questioning Oedipus, what is the first question he asks?

4. Before he leaves, what does Oedipus say will happen?

5. What nationality does Oedipus say the mother who raised him was?

(see the answer key)

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