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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Teiresias say about the murderer's eyesight?
(a) that he can see but not himself
(b) that he can see but not the future
(c) that he can see but will be blind
(d) that he can see but not the past

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

3. Who does Teiresias say he serves?
(a) Creon
(b) Oedipus
(c) Apollo
(d) Zeus

4. What does the priest call pestilence?
(a) a thundering beast
(b) a sinister snake
(c) a roaring lion
(d) a fiery god

5. Before he leaves, what does Oedipus say will happen?
(a) The gods will decide the outcome, and the murderer's fate is in their hands.
(b) The murderer will definitely be caught and punished.
(c) Either the murderer will be caught and punished, or else they will all be ruined.
(d) The whole town, and Oedipus himself, will definitely be ruined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oedipus ask of the citizens of Thebes?

2. What does Oedipus ask Teiresias to do, after Teiresias says Oedipus is the murderer?

3. What does Teiresias believe about future events?

4. What does Teiresias say about his own wisdom, after Oedipus questions him about Laius' murderer?

5. What does the chorus say about Oedipus' possible motive for killing Laius?

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