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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How long would the shepherds stay in the fields each year?
(a) nine months
(b) six months
(c) three months
(d) one month
2. How does the messenger say Jocasta will feel about his news?
(a) both glad and sad
(b) glad and happy
(c) sad and regretful
(d) enraged
3. What is the position of the chorus, as stated by the chorus leader, in the conflict between Oedipus and Creon?
(a) Oedipus needs to question Teiresias more closely.
(b) Oedipus should resign as king.
(c) Oedipus should not judge Creon prematurely.
(d) Oedipus needs to defend himself.
4. Who does the messenger say gave Oedipus to Polybus?
(a) Laius
(b) a stranger
(c) the messenger
(d) Creon
5. Who first sees the old shepherd approaching?
(a) Jocasta
(b) the chorus
(c) Oedipus
(d) the messenger
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Oedipus tell Jocasta, when she begs him to tell her what's troubling him?
2. What did Oedipus' parent say about the accusation that Oedipus was not their son?
3. What does the chorus leader say he does not know about Oedipus'scharges against Creon?
4. What does Creon say Oedipus can do, if he finds proof Creon's lying?
5. What does Oedipus ask, when Jocasta tells Oedipus the messenger's news?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jocasta try to stop Oedipus from trying to find out the truth of his birth?
2. What is the chorus' foremost concern?
3. How did Polybus die?
4. What is the chorus' attitude toward Oedipus, in his conflict with Creon?
5. What did the oracle at Delphi tell Oedipus about his parentage?
6. What does Oedipus say, when he finally finds out the truth about his past and his present situation?
7. How does the chorus react to Creon's self defense?
8. What does Jocasta's description of the place where Laius was killed mean to Oedipus?
9. How does Jocasta react to the messenger's news?
10. What is the shepherd's reaction to being questioned about the infant he gave away and being told that Oedipus is that infant?
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