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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the messenger say Jocasta will feel about his news?
(a) sad and regretful
(b) both glad and sad
(c) glad and happy
(d) enraged

2. Who does the chorus leader say should reveal the murderer?
(a) Apollo
(b) Oedipus
(c) Laius
(d) Creon

3. What does Creon say has caused the disasters to the town?
(a) a slight to the gods
(b) an unavenged murder
(c) a fight between protecting gods
(d) an unfulfilled prophecy

4. Who does the shepherd say gave him the infant child?
(a) Laius
(b) Jocasta
(c) Jocasta's maid
(d) Laius's servant

5. Who does Teiresias accuse as the murderer?
(a) himself
(b) Creon
(c) Oedipus
(d) Jocasta

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teiresias say makes him strong?

2. Why does Oedipus say he's not punishing Teiresias?

3. What does Creon say Oedipus can do, if he finds proof Creon's lying?

4. What does Jocasta chide Oedipus and Creon for?

5. What made Oedipus angry, when he encountered the stranger's carriage on the road?

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