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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Oedipus say Polybus and Corinth raised him?
(a) meaning the best, but unlucky by fate
(b) as a monster with a true heart
(c) fine to look at, but corrupt inside
(d) distorted inside and out

2. How does the second messenger say Jocasta died, when the chorus leader questions him?
(a) She died fleeing the palace.
(b) Her children killed her.
(c) She killed herself.
(d) Oedipus killed her.

3. Where does Jocasta say that Laius was murdered?
(a) where two roads cross a stream
(b) where the flatlands begin to become steep
(c) where three roads meet
(d) at the kingdom's border

4. What does Oedipus do when Creon asks him to let go of his children?
(a) Oedipus says Creon is their parent now, and he has no children.
(b) Oedipus lets go of his children.
(c) Oedipus protests.
(d) Oedipus says he never should have touched the children, corrupted as he is.

5. What does Oedipus do when the shepherd won't tell about giving away the infant?
(a) Oedipus asks the messenger if he's lying about the incident.
(b) Oedipus offers him money and a comfortable home.
(c) Oedipus threatens him and asks someone to bind his hands.
(d) Oedipus threatens to banish him from the kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oedipus' initial attitude toward the crowd that has gathered?

2. Who does Oedipus say he's seeking vengeance for?

3. How has Teiresias' pronouncement made the chorus feel?

4. Why does Oedipus say his sorrow is greater than the townspeople?

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

(see the answer key)

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