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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 Oedipus tell the messenger he regrets about leaving Corinth?
(a) having met Creon
(b) having taken on the burden of ruling Thebes
(c) having met Jocasta
(d) not seeing his parents

2. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's financial condition?
(a) that he is rich with wealth but not love
(b) that he is rich but not in spirit
(c) that he is rich but will be poor
(d) that he is rich but cannot buy contentment

3. As the second messenger prefaces his news, what does he say brings us the most pain?
(a) what we do to each other
(b) what we do to ourselves
(c) what we cannot foresee
(d) what the gods do to us

4. What does Oedipus accuse Creon of?
(a) setting the Sphinx upon Thebes
(b) wanting to marry Jocasta himself
(c) trying to overthrow him for the sake of power and riches
(d) killing Laius and causing the plagues

5. What does the chorus leader say he does not know about Oedipus'scharges against Creon?
(a) whether Teiresias was there when Oedipus made the charges
(b) whether Creon understand the charges Oedipus made
(c) what charges Oedipus made against Creon
(d) Oedipus's steadiness and state of mind when making the charges

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Oedipus decree that no citizen of Thebes shall do?

3. What sentence does Oedipus want to give to Creon for his crime?

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

5. Who does Jocasta say Laius had with him, as an escort?

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