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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Teiresias answer when Oedipus asks the identity of his father?
(a) That Oedipus truly knows who his father is.
(b) That it will be revealed today and destroy Oedipus.
(c) That Oedipus has two fathers.
(d) That Oedipus will be better off not knowing.

5. What does Oedipus tell the messenger he regrets about leaving Corinth?
(a) having taken on the burden of ruling Thebes
(b) having met Creon
(c) not seeing his parents
(d) having met Jocasta

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the tale of Oedipus and the Sphinx treated in the town?

2. In the encounter between Oedipus and the stranger in the carriage, what was the initial violent act?

3. What does Oedipus do when the messenger questions him about the prophecy that drove Oedipus away from his parents?

4. What does Creon say has caused the disasters to the town?

5. What does Jocasta chide Oedipus and Creon for?

(see the answer key)

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