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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 wish for himself, if he unknowingly hosted the murderer at his home?
(a) a life of solitude and sobriety
(b) all the bad things he wished upon the murderer
(c) eternal damnation
(d) to be ripped from his land and family

2. Who does the messenger say gave Oedipus to Polybus?
(a) the messenger
(b) a stranger
(c) Laius
(d) Creon

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

4. What was the messenger's profession when he found the infant Oedipus?
(a) farmer
(b) tailor
(c) priest
(d) shepherd

5. What children did Polybus have before Oedipus?
(a) a son who died
(b) a son who was stolen away
(c) none
(d) a daughter who died

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus ask Creon about Teiresias?

2. What does Teiresias say makes him strong?

3. Who does the messenger say gave him the infant Oedipus?

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

5. Why does Jocasta come to pray to Apollo?

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