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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the chorus leader say should reveal the murderer?
(a) Apollo
(b) Laius
(c) Oedipus
(d) Creon

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

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

4. What does the priest say that Oedipus will be king of, if he doesn't solve the town's problems?
(a) a desert
(b) a mountain
(c) an ocean
(d) a forest

5. What does Creon say of the news he brings?
(a) It's good news.
(b) It's hard to interpret if it's good or bad.
(c) It's both good and bad news.
(d) It's bad news.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jocasta say about human prophecy?

2. What does Oedipus call the people of Thebes?

3. Who does the priest ask to come as the people's savior?

4. What made Oedipus angry, when he encountered the stranger's carriage on the road?

5. Why does Oedipus feel linked to Laius?

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