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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 Oedipus ask of the mountain, Cithaeron?
(a) why it did not kill him as an infant
(b) why it is not cursed in the songs of Thebes
(c) to take him now into its forests
(d) to take him now and kill him

2. What simile does Jocasta use to describe the people of Thebes?
(a) like soldiers who see their commander slain
(b) like children who see their father's fear
(c) like people in a carriage who see the driver terrified
(d) like people on a ship who see the helmsman is afraid

3. What children did Polybus have before Oedipus?
(a) a son who died
(b) none
(c) a son who was stolen away
(d) a daughter who died

4. What does the chorus leader tell Oedipus about the murderer?
(a) that he is not the murderer and doesn't know who the murderer is
(b) that he doesn't want to know who the murderer is
(c) that he suspects who the murderer is but doesn't know
(d) that the murderer likely had nothing to do with Thebes

5. What does Jocasta bring to the shrine of Apollo outside the castle gates?
(a) a gift from Teiresias
(b) her youngest child
(c) a scarlet cape
(d) a garland and incense

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oedipus ask Creon to speak in front of the townspeople?

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

3. Who does Oedipus say he's seeking vengeance for?

4. What does Oedipus tell the messenger he regrets about leaving Corinth?

5. What does Jocasta question the chorus about, after Creon leaves?

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