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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 chorus want to know from Oedipus when he emerges from the palace?
(a) how he could blind himself
(b) how he could show himself to them in his shame
(c) how he could allow his wife to come to harm
(d) how he could blame the gods for his own faults

2. Before he leaves, what does Oedipus say will happen?
(a) Either the murderer will be caught and punished, or else they will all be ruined.
(b) The gods will decide the outcome, and the murderer's fate is in their hands.
(c) The whole town, and Oedipus himself, will definitely be ruined.
(d) The murderer will definitely be caught and punished.

3. Why does Oedipus feel linked to Laius?
(a) He feels drawn to the memory of Laius.
(b) He says the prophets have linked him to Laius.
(c) He feels bound to Laius by the Sphinx's riddle.
(d) He is now married to Laius' wife.

4. How has Teiresias' pronouncement made the chorus feel?
(a) irritated
(b) fearful
(c) sorrowful
(d) angry

5. What does Oedipus ask of Creon?
(a) He asks Creon to kill him.
(b) He asks Creon to forgive him for Jocasta's death.
(c) He asks Creon to banish him.
(d) He asks Creon to spare his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Teiresias leaves, what does he say about the murderer's nationality?

2. What does Oedipus first say to Jocasta, after questioning the messenger about Polybus' death?

3. What does Oedipus ask Creon to do about Jocasta?

4. Who did Jocasta cry out to when she rushed into the palace before she died?

5. What does Oedipus say about his future?

(see the answer key)

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