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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the chorus leader say should reveal the murderer?
(a) Oedipus
(b) Creon
(c) Apollo
(d) Laius

2. What does Teiresias answer when Oedipus asks the identity of his father?
(a) That Oedipus truly knows who his father is.
(b) That Oedipus has two fathers.
(c) That Oedipus will be better off not knowing.
(d) That it will be revealed today and destroy Oedipus.

3. Before Teiresias leaves, what does he say about the murderer's nationality?
(a) that he will turn out to be a native Theban
(b) that he comes from no nation
(c) that he is an Athenian
(d) that he is a Corinthian

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

5. Why does the chorus think it's time for the murderer to flee?
(a) Teiresias will eventually name him.
(b) Oedipus is against him.
(c) Zeus' son, Apollo, is against him.
(d) The ire of the city is rising against him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks for the people of Thebes as their leader?

2. What does Oedipus wish for himself, if he unknowingly hosted the murderer at his home?

3. Why does the priest tell the people that they can leave at the end of the scene?

4. What does the priest call pestilence?

5. At the end of the scene, what does Oedipus ask the people to stand up and take?

(see the answer key)

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