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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Laius order his infant child to be put?
(a) in a river
(b) in the ocean
(c) in a field
(d) on a mountain

2. What does Teiresias believe about future events?
(a) He cannot change them.
(b) They are for the best.
(c) They can be stopped by his silence.
(d) They can be stopped but only by Oedipus.

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

4. Before he leaves, what does Oedipus say will happen?
(a) The murderer will definitely be caught and punished.
(b) The whole town, and Oedipus himself, will definitely be ruined.
(c) Either the murderer will be caught and punished, or else they will all be ruined.
(d) The gods will decide the outcome, and the murderer's fate is in their hands.

5. What does Oedipus ask Teiresias to do, after Teiresias says Oedipus is the murderer?
(a) leave Thebes immediately
(b) fight him
(c) repeat what he's said
(d) fall on his knees and pray

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus say the killers had to have?

2. What was Oedipus' response to the information he got from the oracle at Delphi, when he asked about his parentage?

3. Why does the priest say they've come to Oedipus?

4. How does Oedipus react to Teiresias' unwillingness to speak?

5. What does Oedipus say about the fact that Laius' death wasn't looked into before?

(see the answer key)

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