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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Creon, who does a witness say killed Laius?
(a) a band of soldiers
(b) a lone traveller
(c) a man with the power of a god
(d) a gang of robbers

2. Who does Teiresias accuse as the murderer?
(a) himself
(b) Jocasta
(c) Oedipus
(d) Creon

3. What does Creon say can validate a man who is true?
(a) the gods
(b) nature
(c) time
(d) prophecy

4. 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

5. What does Creon accuse Oedipus of?
(a) framing him to cover Oedipus's own crimes
(b) being power hungry and greedy
(c) being stubborn and forgetting common sense
(d) being stupid and not the one to answer the Sphinx's riddle

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Creon wearing on his head as he approaches the town?

3. What does Jocasta question the chorus about, after Creon leaves?

4. Who does Jocasta say Laius had with him, as an escort?

5. Who speaks for the people of Thebes as their leader?

(see the answer key)

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