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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the chorus leader tell Oedipus about the murderer?
(a) that the murderer likely had nothing to do with Thebes
(b) that he suspects who the murderer is but doesn't know
(c) that he is not the murderer and doesn't know who the murderer is
(d) that he doesn't want to know who the murderer is

3. Who does the messenger say gave him the infant Oedipus?
(a) one of Laius' shepherds
(b) Jocasta's young maid
(c) one of Laius' soldiers
(d) an old man he cannot identify

4. What does Teiresias say makes him strong?
(a) the gods
(b) the truth
(c) anger
(d) his powers

5. How has Teiresias' pronouncement made the chorus feel?
(a) sorrowful
(b) irritated
(c) fearful
(d) angry

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus seem to think Jocasta is afraid of learning about his birth?

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

3. Who accused Oedipus of not being his father's real son?

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

5. Why does Jocasta come to pray to Apollo?

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