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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) both glad and sad
(b) enraged
(c) glad and happy
(d) sad and regretful

2. Why does the priest tell the people that they can leave at the end of the scene?
(a) He says the people will never get salvation.
(b) He says the people have been ignored in favor of Creon.
(c) He says Oedipus is not the one to help.
(d) He says the people have what they've come for.

3. What does Creon say of the news he brings?
(a) It's both good and bad news.
(b) It's bad news.
(c) It's hard to interpret if it's good or bad.
(d) It's good news.

4. Where does Creon say the murderer of Lauis is?
(a) in Thebes
(b) hiding in the countryside
(c) in Corinth
(d) on the nearby mountain

5. Where did the messenger find the infant Oedipus?
(a) by the banks of a river
(b) in the valleys of Clithaeron
(c) on the border of Corinth
(d) on the doorstep of his home

Short Answer Questions

1. In the encounter between Oedipus and the stranger in the carriage, what was the initial violent act?

2. Who does the priest say has gathered?

3. Where did the old shepherd grow up?

4. What is Oedipus' attitude toward Teiresias when he first speaks to the prophet?

5. What does Oedipus accuse Creon of?

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