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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 leader say he wishes?
(a) that he had never known Oedipus
(b) that Oedipus has never seen an oracle
(c) that Oedipus had died to the Sphinx
(d) that Apollo had struck Oedipus down at birth

2. Who does Jocasta say Laius had with him, as an escort?
(a) five men, including a herald
(b) no one
(c) fifteen of the best men
(d) ten heralds

3. Who does Oedipus say he's seeking vengeance for?
(a) himself and the people of Thebes
(b) the gods and the prophets
(c) Creon and Jocasta
(d) the land and the god Apollo

4. Where does the messenger want Oedipus to go?
(a) to his mother on the outskirts of Thebes
(b) into the mountains of Thebes
(c) away from both Thebes and Corinth
(d) back to Corinth

5. What does the chorus leader rebuke both Oedipus and Teiresias for?
(a) not talking with Creon
(b) not listening to each other and talking at cross purposes
(c) not talking with Jocasta
(d) being angry and quarrelling instead of finding the murderer

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Oedipus angry, when he encountered the stranger's carriage on the road?

2. Who does Teiresias say he serves?

3. According to Creon, who does a witness say killed Laius?

4. How does Oedipus know that his daughters have come out of the palace?

5. In the encounter between Oedipus and the stranger in the carriage, what was the initial violent act?

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