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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile does Jocasta use to describe the people of Thebes?
(a) like children who see their father's fear
(b) like people in a carriage who see the driver terrified
(c) like soldiers who see their commander slain
(d) like people on a ship who see the helmsman is afraid

2. Who does the priest say has gathered?
(a) townspeople from the very young to the very old
(b) all the young and hearty townspeople
(c) everyone but those ill from disease
(d) all the sick and elderly townspeople

3. What does Jocasta bring to the shrine of Apollo outside the castle gates?
(a) a gift from Teiresias
(b) her youngest child
(c) a garland and incense
(d) a scarlet cape

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

5. What nationality does Oedipus say the mother who raised him was?
(a) Ionian
(b) Dorain
(c) Aeolian
(d) Macedonian

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first sees the old shepherd approaching?

2. What does Oedipus ask about Polybus' death?

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

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

5. Who is with the approaching shepherd?

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