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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 Oedipus tell Jocasta, when she begs him to tell her what's troubling him?
(a) He tells her that there is nothing troubling her.
(b) He yells at her and sends her into the palace.
(c) He refuses to tell her, since what he suspects is so bad.
(d) He agrees to tell her his worries.

2. Who does the chorus think can help end the conflict between Creon and Oedipus?
(a) Teiresias
(b) Jocasta
(c) Apollo
(d) the oracle

3. In the encounter between Oedipus and the stranger in the carriage, what was the initial violent act?
(a) The herald struck Oedipus with his sword.
(b) The stranger struck Oedipus with his sword.
(c) Oedipus whipped the stranger.
(d) The stranger whipped Oedipus.

4. What possible explanation does the chorus leader give for Oedipus' charge against Creon?
(a) Creon is being framed.
(b) Oedipus was angry.
(c) Oedipus was mislead by Teiresias.
(d) Creon was guilty.

5. What does Jocasta say before she leaves?
(a) that she'll join Laius
(b) that she'll never speak again
(c) that she'll run away from Oedipus
(d) that she'll never see Thebes again

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with the approaching shepherd?

2. What does Oedipus ask Creon about Teiresias?

3. What does Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?

4. What does Creon say Oedipus should do to get proof of Creon's innocence?

5. What is Jocasta's answer, when Oedipus asks how tall and old Laius was?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Oedipus question how his father could love him?

2. What is Jocasta's response, when Oedipus wants to find and question the shepherd that the messenger said gave him the infant Oedipus?

3. What is the chorus' foremost concern?

4. What caused the scar on Oedipus' ankles?

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

6. What is the shepherd's reaction to being questioned about the infant he gave away and being told that Oedipus is that infant?

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

8. What is the first thing Oedipus tells Jocasta, when he tells her about the argument between himself and Creon?

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

10. What does Jocasta's description of the place where Laius was killed mean to Oedipus?

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