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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Creon deny that he has a desire to do?
(a) gain wealth
(b) mar Teiresias's reputation
(c) hurt his sister
(d) rule as king

2. What city was the father who raised Oedipus from?
(a) Thebes
(b) Corinth
(c) Sparta
(d) Athens

3. What does Creon say stopped the city from looking into the king's death?
(a) a war with Corinth
(b) a plague on the crops
(c) a storm that destroyed the town
(d) trouble with the Sphinx

4. What does Oedipus say he has to fear from Laius' murderer?
(a) The murderer may flee quietly and leave the town to suffer the gods' wrath.
(b) The murderer may want to kill the new king, too.
(c) The murderer may seek revenge on Oedipus for trying to find him.
(d) The murderer may want to kill the queen, Laius's wife.

5. In the encounter between Oedipus and the stranger in the carriage, what was the initial violent act?
(a) Oedipus whipped the stranger.
(b) The herald struck Oedipus with his sword.
(c) The stranger whipped Oedipus.
(d) The stranger struck Oedipus with his sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Teiresias accuse as the murderer?

2. What does Jocasta ask Oedipus to do regarding her brother?

3. What does the priest call pestilence?

4. Who accused Oedipus of not being his father's real son?

5. What does the chorus leader tell Oedipus about the murderer?

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