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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long would the shepherds stay in the fields each year?
(a) nine months
(b) three months
(c) one month
(d) six months

2. How does Oedipus react to the chorus' pleas?
(a) Oedipus is convinced by the chorus and gladly does what they ask.
(b) Oedipus gives in to the chorus unwillingly, foreseeing doom to himself.
(c) Oedipus decides not to change his decision, though the chorus makes him doubtful.
(d) Oedipus refuses to listen to the chorus.

3. How does Oedipus react to Teiresias' unwillingness to speak?
(a) with fear
(b) angrily
(c) jokingly
(d) with sorrow

4. Where did the old shepherd grow up?
(a) in Laius' house
(b) in Corinth
(c) in a poor house in Thebes
(d) in a distant village

5. Where does Jocasta say that Laius was murdered?
(a) where three roads meet
(b) where two roads cross a stream
(c) where the flatlands begin to become steep
(d) at the kingdom's border

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's financial condition?

2. What does the chorus leader say he does not know about Oedipus'scharges against Creon?

3. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's eyesight?

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

5. Does the chorus leader recognize the approaching shepherd?

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