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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jocasta ask Oedipus to do regarding her brother?
(a) trust that Creon is telling the truth
(b) hold Creon in prison until he can discover the truth
(c) send Creon away instead of killing him
(d) make her responsible for Creon

2. Why does the chorus think it's time for the murderer to flee?
(a) Zeus' son, Apollo, is against him.
(b) Teiresias will eventually name him.
(c) The ire of the city is rising against him.
(d) Oedipus is against him.

3. At the end of the scene, what does Oedipus ask the people to stand up and take?
(a) the news to the outlying farms
(b) arms
(c) their suppliant branches
(d) pity on him in his misery

4. What does Oedipus first say to Creon as he approaches?
(a) He asks why Creon looks so strange.
(b) He asks why Creon is so late.
(c) He asks what message the gods sent.
(d) He asks who Creon has spoken to.

5. Where does Creon say Laius was when he was killed?
(a) in the palace
(b) on the road to Delphi
(c) on an ocean voyage
(d) on the way to visit a nearby shepherd

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?

2. Why does Oedipus feel linked to Laius?

3. What does Creon say his current position brings?

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

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

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