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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 Oedipus say the chorus' position will result in?
(a) Creon becoming a tyrannt
(b) destruction of Thebes
(c) Oedipus' exile or death
(d) war with Corinth

2. What does Oedipus ask about Polybus' death?
(a) what time of day he died
(b) whether his mother knows of the death
(c) what the cause of his death was
(d) what Polybus said before his death

3. What does the chorus leader think of Oedipus' curses on the murderer?
(a) that the murderer will ignore them
(b) that the murderer will take them seriously
(c) that the murderer will laugh at them
(d) that the murderer will make fun of them

4. What does the messenger ask the chorus when he first arrives?
(a) where to find Oedipus' home
(b) where to find Jocasta
(c) where to find Creon's home
(d) where to find Teiresias

5. What course of action does the chorus leader suggest Oedipus should take?
(a) consult the prophet Teiresias
(b) send another emissary to Delphi
(c) search every house in the city
(d) look inside his own palace

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Creon accuse Oedipus of?

2. What does Oedipus do when the messenger questions him about the prophecy that drove Oedipus away from his parents?

3. What does Creon say can validate a man who is true?

4. Who does Jocasta send for after hearing the messenger's news?

5. What is Oedipus' initial reaction when Creon asks to explain himself?

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