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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the priest point out about Oedipus overcoming the Sphinx?
(a) Oedipus was able to defeat the Sphinx because of his powerful arm and his connections to royalty.
(b) Oedipus used superior training to defeat the Sphinx, and no one else had the same benefits.
(c) Oedipus had no more knowledge or instruction than the townspeople, and yet was able to solve the riddle.
(d) Oedipus defeated the Sphinx only out of sheer luck.

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

3. What does the priest call pestilence?
(a) a sinister snake
(b) a roaring lion
(c) a fiery god
(d) a thundering beast

4. Who first sees the old shepherd approaching?
(a) Oedipus
(b) the chorus
(c) Jocasta
(d) the messenger

5. What does Oedipus do when Creon asks him to let go of his children?
(a) Oedipus says he never should have touched the children, corrupted as he is.
(b) Oedipus lets go of his children.
(c) Oedipus protests.
(d) Oedipus says Creon is their parent now, and he has no children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's financial condition?

3. Who does the messenger say gave Oedipus to Polybus?

4. When Creon turns the tables and begins questioning Oedipus, what is the first question he asks?

5. Who does Jocasta say Laius had with him, as an escort?

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