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

2. What does Oedipus wish for himself, if he unknowingly hosted the murderer at his home?
(a) all the bad things he wished upon the murderer
(b) eternal damnation
(c) to be ripped from his land and family
(d) a life of solitude and sobriety

3. What does the chorus say about Oedipus' possible motive for killing Laius?
(a) The chorus thinks Oedipus may have been angry.
(b) The chorus remembers rumors of a quarrel between the two houses.
(c) The chorus thinks Oedipus may have desired the throne.
(d) The chorus knows of no quarrel between the two houses.

4. Who does Jocasta say told her about Laius' death?
(a) Teiresias
(b) a servant who escaped
(c) Creon
(d) three of the injured men

5. Does Oedipus say he's ever met Laius?
(a) No, Oedipus believes he's never met Laius.
(b) Yes, he says he's med Laius many times.
(c) Yes, he says he met Laius once.
(d) He says no, but he realizes he's met Laius many times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Oedipus shout as he pokes out his own eyes?

2. Who does Oedipus accuse Teiresias of being in league with?

3. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's financial condition?

4. What does Oedipus ask of the three roads that meet where he killed his father?

5. What reason does Teiresias give for not answering Oedipus' questions?

(see the answer key)

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