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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What deal does Oedipus offer the murderer if he gives himself in?
(a) Oedipus offers to limit the murderer's banishment.
(b) Oedipus offers the murderer a place in Corinth in exchange for banishment from Thebes.
(c) Oedipus offers to banish the murderer instead of killing him.
(d) Oedipus offers the murderer his choice of death or banishment.

4. Who does the messenger say gave him the infant Oedipus?
(a) one of Laius' shepherds
(b) Jocasta's young maid
(c) an old man he cannot identify
(d) one of Laius' soldiers

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?

2. How does the second messenger say Jocasta died, when the chorus leader questions him?

3. What does Oedipus ask Creon to do about Jocasta?

4. Who does Creon want to consult before he does what Oedipus desires?

5. How is the tale of Oedipus and the Sphinx treated in the town?

(see the answer key)

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