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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teiresias believe about future events?
(a) They are for the best.
(b) They can be stopped by his silence.
(c) They can be stopped but only by Oedipus.
(d) He cannot change them.

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

3. Who does the priest say has gathered?
(a) everyone but those ill from disease
(b) all the young and hearty townspeople
(c) townspeople from the very young to the very old
(d) all the sick and elderly townspeople

4. What does the priest say that Oedipus will be king of, if he doesn't solve the town's problems?
(a) a desert
(b) an ocean
(c) a mountain
(d) a forest

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oedipus react to Teiresias' unwillingness to speak?

2. Who does the priest suggest Oedipus listen to, in order to solve the town's problems?

3. What does the priest point out about Oedipus overcoming the Sphinx?

4. What argument does Oedipus offer that Teiresias is not really a prophet?

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

(see the answer key)

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