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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 ask Creon about Teiresias?
(a) how long Teiresias has lived in Thebes
(b) how long Teiresias has been blind
(c) whether Teiresias makes a profit from the town because of his prophesies
(d) why Teiresias didn't give the identity of Laius' murderer at the time of the death

2. What does Jocasta chide Oedipus and Creon for?
(a) not listening to the oracle
(b) fighting when the town's in trouble
(c) not listening to each other
(d) making the gods upset

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

4. What does Creon do initially when he hears Oedipus charged him with causing Teiresias to lie?
(a) challenges Oedipus to a fight
(b) flees the city of Thebes
(c) talks to the people of Thebes
(d) makes a counterclaim of treason against Oedipus

5. What is Oedipus' initial reaction when Creon asks to explain himself?
(a) Oedipus says that he'll listen, and he hopes he can trust Creon.
(b) Oedipus is eager to hear Creon's explanation.
(c) Oedipus refuses to listen to anything Creon has to say.
(d) Oedipus says he'll listen, but he's afraid of Creon's smooth tongue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city was the father who raised Oedipus from?

2. How does the messenger say Jocasta will feel about his news?

3. What does Creon deny that he has a desire to do?

4. When Jocasta begs him to stop his investigation and runs off, how does Oedipus say he feels about potentially discovering something bad about his natural parents?

5. Who does Jocasta say Laius had with him, as an escort?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the chorus' foremost concern?

4. How does Jocasta feel about Polybus' death?

5. What is the chorus' attitude toward Oedipus, in his conflict with Creon?

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

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

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

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

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

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