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

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

3. How does Teiresias respond when Oedipus says the prophet speaks in riddles?
(a) that Oedipus will wish this riddle were never solved
(b) that Oedipus is good at solving riddles
(c) that the truth is as complex as a riddle
(d) that life is a riddle

4. What does Creon say about the god's call to avenge Laius' death now?
(a) He says it is too late for revenge.
(b) He says the gods have asked the impossible.
(c) He says it is fitting.
(d) He says it will be an easy task.

5. What does Teiresias say Oedipus doesn't know?
(a) the name of the murderer
(b) the family he's come from
(c) the true wishes of the gods
(d) the power of prophecy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Creon say can validate a man who is true?

2. Where does Creon say the murderer of Lauis is?

3. How does Oedipus react to Teiresias' unwillingness to speak?

4. Does Oedipus say he's ever met Laius?

5. What does Creon say Oedipus should do to get proof of Creon's innocence?

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