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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 Jocasta bring to the shrine of Apollo outside the castle gates?
(a) a garland and incense
(b) her youngest child
(c) a scarlet cape
(d) a gift from Teiresias
2. What does Jocasta say before she leaves?
(a) that she'll never see Thebes again
(b) that she'll never speak again
(c) that she'll join Laius
(d) that she'll run away from Oedipus
3. What does Creon do initially when he hears Oedipus charged him with causing Teiresias to lie?
(a) flees the city of Thebes
(b) challenges Oedipus to a fight
(c) makes a counterclaim of treason against Oedipus
(d) talks to the people of Thebes
4. What does Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?
(a) destruction of Thebes
(b) Oedipus' exile or death
(c) Creon becoming a tyrannt
(d) war with Corinth
5. Who does the messenger say gave him the infant Oedipus?
(a) one of Laius' soldiers
(b) one of Laius' shepherds
(c) an old man he cannot identify
(d) Jocasta's young maid
Short Answer Questions
1. How long would the shepherds stay in the fields each year?
2. What does the messenger ask the chorus when he first arrives?
3. Who does Jocasta say Laius had with him, as an escort?
4. What nationality does Oedipus say the mother who raised him was?
5. What does Jocasta say about human prophecy?
Short Essay Questions
1. After Jocasta exits, when Oedipus is intent on finding out his true identity, how does the chorus feel about Oedipus' search?
2. What is the first thing Oedipus tells Jocasta, when he tells her about the argument between himself and Creon?
3. What is the chorus' foremost concern?
4. How did Polybus die?
5. Why does Oedipus question how his father could love him?
6. What favor did Jocasta do for the person who told her about Laius' death?
7. What caused the scar on Oedipus' ankles?
8. What is the chorus' attitude toward Oedipus, in his conflict with Creon?
9. How does Jocasta feel about Polybus' death?
10. What does Oedipus say, when he finally finds out the truth about his past and his present situation?
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