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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the chorus leader rebuke both Oedipus and Teiresias for?
(a) not listening to each other and talking at cross purposes
(b) not talking with Creon
(c) being angry and quarrelling instead of finding the murderer
(d) not talking with Jocasta

2. At the beginning of the play, where have the townspeople gathered?
(a) in the forest
(b) at the oracle
(c) in a shrine
(d) in front of the palace

3. 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 knows the truth, but the gods have told him not to say.
(d) He doesn't want to cause them both grief.

4. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's eyesight?
(a) that he can see but will be blind
(b) that he can see but not the past
(c) that he can see but not himself
(d) that he can see but not the future

5. Why does Oedipus ask Creon to speak in front of the townspeople?
(a) Oedipus wants the townspeople to become used to Creon's voice.
(b) Oedipus wants to show Creon that he's not afraid.
(c) Oedipus feels more for the townspeople than for his own life.
(d) Oedipus wants to show the townspeople he's not afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teiresias say Oedipus doesn't know?

2. Who does Teiresias accuse as the murderer?

3. What does Oedipus say he's been doing in his sorrow?

4. What does Oedipus first say to Creon as he approaches?

5. Who does the chorus leader say should reveal the murderer?

(see the answer key)

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