3. What argument does Oedipus offer that Teiresias is not really a prophet?
(a) Teiresias did not answer the Sphinx's riddle.
(b) Teiresias is only faking blindness.
(c) Teiresias changes his prophesies from one day to the next.
(d) Teiresias's prophecies conflict with the oracle.

4. What is Oedipus' attitude toward Teiresias when he first speaks to the prophet?
(a) angry and ironic
(b) deferential and complimentary
(c) derisive and snide
(d) defensive and annoyed

5. Why does the chorus think it's time for the murderer to flee?
(a) Oedipus is against him.
(b) Teiresias will eventually name him.
(c) The ire of the city is rising against him.
(d) Zeus' son, Apollo, is against him.

6. Before Teiresias leaves, what does he say about the murderer's nationality?
(a) that he will turn out to be a native Theban
(b) that he is an Athenian
(c) that he comes from no nation
(d) that he is a Corinthian

7. What deal does Oedipus offer the murderer if he gives himself in?
(a) Oedipus offers to limit the murderer's banishment.
(b) Oedipus offers the murderer a place in Corinth in exchange for banishment from Thebes.
(c) Oedipus offers the murderer his choice of death or banishment.
(d) Oedipus offers to banish the murderer instead of killing him.

8. What does Oedipus ask Teiresias to do, after Teiresias says Oedipus is the murderer?
(a) fight him
(b) repeat what he's said
(c) fall on his knees and pray
(d) leave Thebes immediately

9. Where does Creon say the murderer of Lauis is?
(a) in Thebes
(b) hiding in the countryside
(c) on the nearby mountain
(d) in Corinth

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

11. Who does the priest suggest Oedipus listen to, in order to solve the town's problems?
(a) Zeus's oracle
(b) the town elders
(c) the blind prophet
(d) the gods or wise men

12. At the end of the scene, what does Oedipus ask the people to stand up and take?
(a) arms
(b) pity on him in his misery
(c) their suppliant branches
(d) the news to the outlying farms

13. What does Oedipus say the killers had to have?
(a) a dictate from a prophet
(b) a promise of reward from Corinth
(c) a dictate from a god
(d) financial help from Thebes

14. What does Oedipus ask of the citizens of Thebes?
(a) He orders them to gather together and stay in their houses.
(b) He orders them to go to the shrines and give offerings to the gods.
(c) He orders them to reveal the murderer, if they know who he is.
(d) He orders them to hold a great celebration in the town.

15. Who does Oedipus say he's seeking vengeance for?
(a) Creon and Jocasta
(b) himself and the people of Thebes
(c) the land and the god Apollo
(d) the gods and the prophets