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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Oedipus react to Teiresias' unwillingness to speak?
(a) jokingly
(b) with sorrow
(c) angrily
(d) with fear

2. What does Jocasta say about human prophecy?
(a) Oedipus is a fool not to listen to human prophets.
(b) Human prophets are the voices of gods.
(c) No human is skilled in prophecy.
(d) Some human prophets are true and some are false.

3. What does Oedipus ask Teiresias to do, after Teiresias says Oedipus is the murderer?
(a) fight him
(b) repeat what he's said
(c) leave Thebes immediately
(d) fall on his knees and pray

4. How many sons does Oedipus have?
(a) two
(b) one
(c) three
(d) four

5. What does Oedipus tell the messenger he regrets about leaving Corinth?
(a) not seeing his parents
(b) having taken on the burden of ruling Thebes
(c) having met Creon
(d) having met Jocasta

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What simile does Jocasta use to describe the people of Thebes?

3. What does Creon say about the god's call to avenge Laius' death now?

4. Who does the messenger say gave him the infant Oedipus?

5. What does Oedipus wish for the man who unshackled his ankles when Oedipus was an infant?

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