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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Creon say about Laius' companions when he was killed?
(a) They were all killed but one, who ran away.
(b) They all ran away.
(c) The king was alone.
(d) They were all killed.

2. What does Oedipus first say to Creon as he approaches?
(a) He asks why Creon is so late.
(b) He asks why Creon looks so strange.
(c) He asks what message the gods sent.
(d) He asks who Creon has spoken to.

3. Who leads Teiresias into Oedipus' presence?
(a) a small boy
(b) the chorus leader
(c) Creon
(d) Jocasta

4. What does Teiresias say makes him strong?
(a) his powers
(b) the gods
(c) the truth
(d) anger

5. What does Oedipus say he has to fear from Laius' murderer?
(a) The murderer may seek revenge on Oedipus for trying to find him.
(b) The murderer may flee quietly and leave the town to suffer the gods' wrath.
(c) The murderer may want to kill the new king, too.
(d) The murderer may want to kill the queen, Laius's wife.

6. What reason does Teiresias give for not answering Oedipus' questions?
(a) He knows the truth, but the gods have told him not to say.
(b) He doesn't want to cause them both grief.
(c) He isn't sure about what he knows.
(d) He does not believe his own visions.

7. Where does Creon say the murderer of Lauis is?
(a) in Thebes
(b) in Corinth
(c) on the nearby mountain
(d) hiding in the countryside

8. Who does the priest suggest Oedipus listen to, in order to solve the town's problems?
(a) the gods or wise men
(b) Zeus's oracle
(c) the town elders
(d) the blind prophet

9. How does Teiresias respond when Oedipus says the prophet speaks in riddles?
(a) that Oedipus will wish this riddle were never solved
(b) that life is a riddle
(c) that the truth is as complex as a riddle
(d) that Oedipus is good at solving riddles

10. Who speaks for the people of Thebes as their leader?
(a) the parliamentary leader
(b) the oracle
(c) the priest of Zeus
(d) the prophet of Hera

11. Where does Creon say Laius was when he was killed?
(a) on an ocean voyage
(b) on the way to visit a nearby shepherd
(c) on the road to Delphi
(d) in the palace

12. What does the priest say that Oedipus will be king of, if he doesn't solve the town's problems?
(a) a desert
(b) an ocean
(c) a forest
(d) a mountain

13. Why does the priest tell the people that they can leave at the end of the scene?
(a) He says Oedipus is not the one to help.
(b) He says the people have been ignored in favor of Creon.
(c) He says the people will never get salvation.
(d) He says the people have what they've come for.

14. 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 the murderer likely had nothing to do with Thebes
(c) that he doesn't want to know who the murderer is
(d) that he suspects who the murderer is but doesn't know

15. What does Creon say stopped the city from looking into the king's death?
(a) trouble with the Sphinx
(b) a storm that destroyed the town
(c) a plague on the crops
(d) a war with Corinth

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's eyesight?

2. What does Teiresias believe about future events?

3. What does Oedipus say about the fact that Laius' death wasn't looked into before?

4. Does Oedipus say he's ever met Laius?

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

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