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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oedipus foresee will happen to his daughters?
(a) They will be killed by the crowd as soon as Oedipus is gone.
(b) No one will marry them.
(c) Creon will banish them.
(d) They will kill one another.

2. What does Oedipus say he's been doing in his sorrow?
(a) He's been paralyzed by the horror that's come on the town.
(b) He's been thinking about possible paths to a solution.
(c) He's been offering sacrifices to all the gods.
(d) He's been carefully questioning all the townspeople who could help.

3. What does Teiresias believe about future events?
(a) They are for the best.
(b) He cannot change them.
(c) They can be stopped but only by Oedipus.
(d) They can be stopped by his silence.

4. Who did Jocasta cry out to when she rushed into the palace before she died?
(a) Laius
(b) Apollo
(c) Oedipus
(d) Zeus

5. What part of her and Laius' infant child does Jocasta say Laius bound?
(a) his elbows
(b) his wrists
(c) his knees
(d) his ankles

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the second messenger and the chorus' attitude toward Oedipus seem to be?

2. Why does the priest say they've come to Oedipus?

3. What does the chorus say about human prophets?

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

5. What did Oedipus use to injure himself with?

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