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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is with the approaching shepherd?
(a) Teiresias
(b) a priest of Apollo
(c) no one
(d) servants of Oedipus

2. Why does the priest tell the people that they can leave at the end of the scene?
(a) He says Oedipus is not the one to help.
(b) He says the people have been ignored in favor of Creon.
(c) He says the people will never get salvation.
(d) He says the people have what they've come for.

3. How does Oedipus say Polybus and Corinth raised him?
(a) meaning the best, but unlucky by fate
(b) fine to look at, but corrupt inside
(c) as a monster with a true heart
(d) distorted inside and out

4. At the beginning of the play, where have the townspeople gathered?
(a) in front of the palace
(b) in a shrine
(c) in the forest
(d) at the oracle

5. Why does Oedipus ask Creon to speak in front of the townspeople?
(a) Oedipus wants to show Creon that he's not afraid.
(b) Oedipus wants to show the townspeople he's not afraid.
(c) Oedipus feels more for the townspeople than for his own life.
(d) Oedipus wants the townspeople to become used to Creon's voice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Creon say Laius was when he was killed?

3. What part of her and Laius' infant child does Jocasta say Laius bound?

4. Who does the priest ask to come as the people's savior?

5. Where does the messenger want Oedipus to go?

(see the answer key)

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