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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the chorus leader say should reveal the murderer?
(a) Laius
(b) Oedipus
(c) Apollo
(d) Creon

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

3. What possible explanation does the chorus leader give for Oedipus' charge against Creon?
(a) Oedipus was angry.
(b) Creon was guilty.
(c) Oedipus was mislead by Teiresias.
(d) Creon is being framed.

4. Where does Creon say Laius was when he was killed?
(a) on the way to visit a nearby shepherd
(b) in the palace
(c) on the road to Delphi
(d) on an ocean voyage

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. Why does Oedipus say he's not punishing Teiresias?

2. How is the tale of Oedipus and the Sphinx treated in the town?

3. What does Oedipus say about the fact that Laius' death wasn't looked into before?

4. What does Creon say about Laius' companions when he was killed?

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

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