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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. What does Creon say Oedipus should do to get proof of Creon's innocence?
(a) look inside his own heart
(b) speak with Teiresias again
(c) talk to the oracle at Delphi
(d) question his sister Jocasta

2. What does the chorus leader say he does not know about Oedipus'scharges against Creon?
(a) Oedipus's steadiness and state of mind when making the charges
(b) whether Teiresias was there when Oedipus made the charges
(c) what charges Oedipus made against Creon
(d) whether Creon understand the charges Oedipus made

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

4. What nationality does Oedipus say the mother who raised him was?
(a) Ionian
(b) Dorain
(c) Macedonian
(d) Aeolian

5. When Creon turns the tables and begins questioning Oedipus, what is the first question he asks?
(a) whether Oedipus is married to Creon's sister
(b) whether the townspeople believe Oedipus is guilty
(c) whether Oedipus killed Laius
(d) whether there is some unknown explanation for Teiresias's information

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Creon accuse Oedipus of?

3. What does Jocasta chide Oedipus and Creon for?

4. What gives Oedipus hope that he did not kill Laius?

5. What was the messenger's profession when he found the infant Oedipus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oedipus say, when he finally finds out the truth about his past and his present situation?

2. How does Creon seem to react to Oedipus leveling charges against him?

3. What prophecy does Jocasta tell Oedipus about?

4. What does the old shepherd say was his motive in giving the infant to the messenger, when they were both shepherds together?

5. What main news does the messenger from Corinth bring?

6. How does Jocasta react to the messenger's news?

7. What favor did Jocasta do for the person who told her about Laius' death?

8. What is Oedipus's attitude toward his wife?

9. How did Polybus die?

10. When Oedipus is questioning Creon, why does he ask Creon how long it's been since Laius was killed?

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