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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Creon say his current position brings?
(a) royal benefits but no freedom
(b) fear and power but no freedom
(c) power and benefits without fear
(d) freedom from fear but no power

2. Does the shepherd identify the messenger as someone he's met?
(a) No, he says he doesn't remember the man at first.
(b) Yes, but it's clear he is lying and soon admits the lie.
(c) No, but it's clear he is lying and soon admits the lie.
(d) Yes, he identifies the messenger easily.

3. What is Oedipus' attitude toward Teiresias when he first speaks to the prophet?
(a) derisive and snide
(b) defensive and annoyed
(c) deferential and complimentary
(d) angry and ironic

4. What does Oedipus wish for the man who unshackled his ankles when Oedipus was an infant?
(a) a fate worse than Oedipus's
(b) never to know the truth
(c) death
(d) happiness in the knowledge of Oedipus's misery

5. Who does Teiresias accuse as the murderer?
(a) himself
(b) Creon
(c) Jocasta
(d) Oedipus

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons does Oedipus have?

2. Where did Laius order his infant child to be put?

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

4. What does Oedipus suggest the people of Thebes might do to him, as alternatives to sending him out of Thebes?

5. What was Oedipus' response to the information he got from the oracle at Delphi, when he asked about his parentage?

(see the answer key)

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