2. What does Creon say has caused the disasters to the town?
(a) a fight between protecting gods
(b) an unavenged murder
(c) an unfulfilled prophecy
(d) a slight to the gods

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

4. 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

5. What course of action does the chorus leader suggest Oedipus should take?
(a) search every house in the city
(b) consult the prophet Teiresias
(c) send another emissary to Delphi
(d) look inside his own palace

6. What does Oedipus accuse Creon of?
(a) setting the Sphinx upon Thebes
(b) trying to overthrow him for the sake of power and riches
(c) killing Laius and causing the plagues
(d) wanting to marry Jocasta himself

7. What does the chorus say about Oedipus' possible motive for killing Laius?
(a) The chorus knows of no quarrel between the two houses.
(b) The chorus thinks Oedipus may have been angry.
(c) The chorus remembers rumors of a quarrel between the two houses.
(d) The chorus thinks Oedipus may have desired the throne.

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

9. Who does the priest ask to come as the people's savior?
(a) Phoebus
(b) Laius
(c) Oedipus
(d) Creon

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

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

12. What argument does Oedipus offer that Teiresias is not really a prophet?
(a) Teiresias's prophecies conflict with the oracle.
(b) Teiresias is only faking blindness.
(c) Teiresias changes his prophesies from one day to the next.
(d) Teiresias did not answer the Sphinx's riddle.

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

14. Why does Oedipus say he's not punishing Teiresias?
(a) because clearly no one will believe Teiresias
(b) because of Teiresias's stature in the community
(c) because of Teiresias' age
(d) because he believes Teiresias is Creon's pawn

15. What is Oedipus' attitude toward Teiresias when he first speaks to the prophet?
(a) deferential and complimentary
(b) angry and ironic
(c) derisive and snide
(d) defensive and annoyed