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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What argument does Oedipus offer that Teiresias is not really a prophet?
(a) Teiresias changes his prophesies from one day to the next.
(b) Teiresias did not answer the Sphinx's riddle.
(c) Teiresias is only faking blindness.
(d) Teiresias's prophecies conflict with the oracle.

2. What course of action does the chorus leader suggest Oedipus should take?
(a) consult the prophet Teiresias
(b) send another emissary to Delphi
(c) look inside his own palace
(d) search every house in the city

3. Where does Creon say the murderer of Lauis is?
(a) hiding in the countryside
(b) on the nearby mountain
(c) in Thebes
(d) in Corinth

4. What is Creon's relationship to Oedipus?
(a) brother-in-law
(b) brother
(c) father-in-law
(d) no relation

5. According to Creon, who does a witness say killed Laius?
(a) a man with the power of a god
(b) a band of soldiers
(c) a gang of robbers
(d) a lone traveller

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Creon say of the news he brings?

2. What does the priest point out about Oedipus overcoming the Sphinx?

3. Who speaks for the people of Thebes as their leader?

4. What does Oedipus ask Teiresias to do, after Teiresias says Oedipus is the murderer?

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

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