2. What news does the messenger give Oedipus in the fourth act?
(a) Tiresias is a fake.
(b) Polybus has died.
(c) Creon has seized control of Corinth.
(d) Zeus has ended the plague.

3. According to Hecuba, what also died on the same day as her warrior son?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Priam's resolve to win the war.
(c) Troy.
(d) Hope.

4. Whom does Oedipus defeat before the start of the play?
(a) Medusa.
(b) The Sphinx.
(c) The Furies.
(d) The Sirens.

5. According to the ghost, what will end the plague?
(a) Oedipus sacrificing himself to Zeus.
(b) Creon's ascension to the throne.
(c) Oedipus' departure from Thebes.
(d) Jocasta's death.

6. What does Hecuba tell the chorus they must not do in regards to Priam?
(a) Speak unkindly against him.
(b) Remember him as frail.
(c) Betray his memory.
(d) Pity him.

7. What does Creon advise Oedipus to do after the former relays the message from the murdered king?
(a) Pray to Zeus.
(b) Renounce the throne.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Consult with Tiresias.

8. What is significant about Polyxena being given a quick death?
(a) It shows the Greeks respected her courage.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) The gods were merciful.
(d) Agamemnon defied the demands of the sacrifice for Achilles by not killing her slowly.

9. What is Talthybius' station among the Greeks?
(a) Herald.
(b) Prophet.
(c) Weaponsmith.
(d) Priest.

10. How does Ulysses trick Andromache into revealing Astyanax's location?
(a) He pretends to leave but watches her walk into the tomb.
(b) He watches her eyes as she looks around for him.
(c) He claims Hector's tomb must be torn down.
(d) He suggests that the boy is a coward.

11. How does Jocasta kill herself?
(a) Fire.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) Oedipus' sword.
(d) She throws herself out of a tower.

12. From where did Oedipus come?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Rome.
(c) Corinth.
(d) Troy.

13. According to the chorus, what is the best way for a man to die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) At sea.
(c) In battle.
(d) At home with his family.

14. Who is Hecuba?
(a) Queen of Troy.
(b) Queen of Thebes.
(c) Queen of the Amazons.
(d) Queen of Sparta.

15. Why does the messenger in the fourth act urge Oedipus to leave the city?
(a) Oedipus must flee the plague.
(b) Oedipus must take Polybus' throne.
(c) Oedipus is the reason for the plague.
(d) Oedipus is about to be betrayed.