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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Teiresias give for not answering Oedipus' questions?
(a) He does not believe his own visions.
(b) He knows the truth, but the gods have told him not to say.
(c) He isn't sure about what he knows.
(d) He doesn't want to cause them both grief.

2. What does Oedipus say about the chorus regarding their advice?
(a) He welcomes their advice willingly.
(b) He realizes he should have listened to their advice all along.
(c) He doesn't want to hear their advice.
(d) He asks them for more advice.

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

4. What does Oedipus ask about Polybus' death?
(a) what time of day he died
(b) what Polybus said before his death
(c) whether his mother knows of the death
(d) what the cause of his death was

5. How does Oedipus react to the chorus' pleas?
(a) Oedipus refuses to listen to the chorus.
(b) Oedipus gives in to the chorus unwillingly, foreseeing doom to himself.
(c) Oedipus is convinced by the chorus and gladly does what they ask.
(d) Oedipus decides not to change his decision, though the chorus makes him doubtful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Creon's relationship to Oedipus?

3. What does Creon say has caused the disasters to the town?

4. Where does Creon say Laius was when he was killed?

5. According to Creon, who does a witness say killed Laius?

(see the answer key)

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