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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Oedipus sent Creon?
(a) to wander the wilderness
(b) to Zeus's oracle
(c) to Apollo's shrine
(d) to the kingdom of Corinth

2. What does Jocasta chide Oedipus and Creon for?
(a) making the gods upset
(b) not listening to each other
(c) fighting when the town's in trouble
(d) not listening to the oracle

3. What does Oedipus first say to Creon as he approaches?
(a) He asks what message the gods sent.
(b) He asks who Creon has spoken to.
(c) He asks why Creon looks so strange.
(d) He asks why Creon is so late.

4. What does Oedipus do when the shepherd won't tell about giving away the infant?
(a) Oedipus threatens to banish him from the kingdom.
(b) Oedipus threatens him and asks someone to bind his hands.
(c) Oedipus offers him money and a comfortable home.
(d) Oedipus asks the messenger if he's lying about the incident.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?

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

3. What does Oedipus tell Jocasta, when she begs him to tell her what's troubling him?

4. How has Teiresias' pronouncement made the chorus feel?

5. What is the position of the chorus, as stated by the chorus leader, in the conflict between Oedipus and Creon?

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