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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 Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?
(a) destruction of Thebes
(b) Creon becoming a tyrannt
(c) Oedipus' exile or death
(d) war with Corinth

2. Why does Jocasta come to pray to Apollo?
(a) to pray that Oedipus be forgiven
(b) to ask for Oedipus to be banished
(c) to ask for her own safety
(d) to cleanse what is corrupting Thebes

3. Where are the townspeople who are not gathered to speak with Oedipus?
(a) in the fields, trying to cure the diseases
(b) in their graves
(c) at the gods' shrines asking for help
(d) at home, caring for the sick

4. What does Creon do initially when he hears Oedipus charged him with causing Teiresias to lie?
(a) challenges Oedipus to a fight
(b) flees the city of Thebes
(c) makes a counterclaim of treason against Oedipus
(d) talks to the people of Thebes

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Creon accuse Oedipus of?

2. Who does Teiresias say he serves?

3. What is Jocasta's answer, when Oedipus asks how tall and old Laius was?

4. What does Teiresias believe about future events?

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

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