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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 Teiresias say makes him strong?
(a) the truth
(b) the gods
(c) anger
(d) his powers

2. What does Oedipus say that he still fears, after hearing the news of Polybus' death?
(a) wedding his mother
(b) Creon's treachery
(c) the wrath of Apollo
(d) the plague on the land

3. Who does the priest suggest Oedipus listen to, in order to solve the town's problems?
(a) the town elders
(b) the blind prophet
(c) Zeus's oracle
(d) the gods or wise men

4. What does Creon say Oedipus can do, if he finds proof Creon's lying?
(a) cut Creon's throat then and there
(b) banish Creon from the kingdom forever
(c) kill Creon before his sister's eyes
(d) arrest Creon and sentence him to death

5. Who does Teiresias say he serves?
(a) Creon
(b) Oedipus
(c) Apollo
(d) Zeus

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the priest ask to come as the people's savior?

2. How does Oedipus react to the chorus' pleas?

3. Why does Jocasta come to pray to Apollo?

4. Does Oedipus say he's ever met Laius?

5. What does the priest point out about Oedipus overcoming the Sphinx?

(see the answer key)

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