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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks the old shepherd whether he gave an infant baby to the messenger years ago?
(a) the messenger
(b) Jocasta
(c) the chorus leader
(d) Oedipus

2. How does Oedipus know that his daughters have come out of the palace?
(a) They shout his name.
(b) They run to him and embrace him.
(c) He hears them crying.
(d) He hears them talking.

3. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's eyesight?
(a) that he can see but not the future
(b) that he can see but will be blind
(c) that he can see but not himself
(d) that he can see but not the past

4. What nationality does Oedipus say the mother who raised him was?
(a) Aeolian
(b) Ionian
(c) Macedonian
(d) Dorain

5. According to Creon, who does a witness say killed Laius?
(a) a man with the power of a god
(b) a gang of robbers
(c) a lone traveller
(d) a band of soldiers

Short Answer Questions

1. As the second messenger prefaces his news, what does he say brings us the most pain?

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

3. Why does Oedipus feel linked to Laius?

4. What does Jocasta ask Oedipus to do regarding her brother?

5. What children did Polybus have before Oedipus?

(see the answer key)

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