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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Teiresias' pronouncement made the chorus feel?
(a) irritated
(b) fearful
(c) sorrowful
(d) angry

2. What possible explanation does the chorus leader give for Oedipus' charge against Creon?
(a) Creon was guilty.
(b) Creon is being framed.
(c) Oedipus was angry.
(d) Oedipus was mislead by Teiresias.

3. What does Oedipus ask about Polybus' death?
(a) what the cause of his death was
(b) whether his mother knows of the death
(c) what time of day he died
(d) what Polybus said before his death

4. What does Jocasta question the chorus about, after Creon leaves?
(a) what happened between Oedipus and Creon
(b) the interview between Oedipus and Teiresias
(c) the progress toward finding Laius's murderer
(d) the state of the farms and the townspeople

5. Where does Jocasta say that Laius was murdered?
(a) where the flatlands begin to become steep
(b) where three roads meet
(c) where two roads cross a stream
(d) at the kingdom's border

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first sees the old shepherd approaching?

2. Does the shepherd identify the messenger as someone he's met?

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

4. What is Creon's relationship to Oedipus?

5. Who accused Oedipus of not being his father's real son?

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