Oedipus Rex
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Based on Sopphcles drama.
- 1.What is the priest doing at the beginning of the play?
- A.
Asking the gods for help
- B.
Accusing Oedipus
- C.
Asking Teiresias for help
- D.
Sacrificing to the Sphinx
- 2.Where did Oedipus send Creon at the beginning of the play?
- A.
To Corinth
- B.
To the Pythian oracle
- C.
To be banished from Thebes
- D.
To a crossroads
- 3.What does Creon report?
- A.
That Jocasta's son must be found
- B.
That Teiresias killed Laius
- C.
That he will kill his father and marry his mother
- D.
That Laius's killer must be found
- 4.What should happen to the man they will find?
- A.
He must be put in jail
- B.
He must be sacrificed to the Sphinx
- C.
He must be banished or killed
- D.
He must be sacrificed to the Sphinx
- 5.Why didn't anyone investigate Laius's murder at the time?
- A.
Jocasta went into labor
- B.
There was a blight on the city
- C.
They didn't want anyone to know that Oedipus did it
- D.
The Sphinx was attacking the city
- 6.What does Oedipus announce to the Theban people?
- A.
That if any man confesses, he will only be banished
- B.
That he too will be punished if he helps the killer
- C.
That if anyone knows who killed Laius, he should come forward
- D.
All of the above
- 7.Who is rumored to have killed Laius?
- A.
Teiresias
- B.
Jocasta
- C.
Robbers
- D.
All of the above
- 8.Who does Creon advise Oedipus to send for?
- A.
A shepherd
- B.
Teiresias
- C.
The sphinx
- D.
Jocasta
- 9.What does Teiresias say when he arrives?
- A.
That he will not tell who did it
- B.
That the Sphinx did it
- C.
That Jocasta did it
- D.
That Creon did it
- 10.How does Oedipus respond when Teiresias charges him with killing Laius?
- A.
He calls Teiresias a blind fool
- B.
He accuses Creon of killing Laius
- C.
He accuses Teiresias of conspiring with Creon
- D.
All of the above
- 11.What does Jocasta convince Oedipus to do to Creon?
- A.
Banish him
- B.
Abandon him
- C.
Kill him
- D.
Forgive him
- 12.What does Jocasta attempt to prove to Oedipus?
- A.
That the oracles are always right
- B.
That there is no truth in prophesy
- C.
That Teiresias is really his father
- D.
That Creon killed Laius
- 13.Where was Laius killed?
- A.
At the battle of Troy
- B.
In jail
- C.
In his bath
- D.
At a crossroads
- 14.Why does Jocasta's story upset Oedipus
- A.
His father was killed in a similar way
- B.
He was a witness to this death
- C.
He killed a man at a crossroads
- D.
He fought at Troy
- 15.What did the oracle tell Oedipus?
- A.
That his mother was Jocasta
- B.
That he should stay away from Thebes
- C.
That he would become blind
- D.
That he would kill his father and marry his mother
- 16.What is Jocasta doing the next time she leaves the palace?
- A.
Burying evidence
- B.
Killing her children
- C.
Running away from Thebes
- D.
Praying to the gods
- 17.Who gave Oedipus to Polybus and Merope?
- A.
The Sphinx
- B.
Teiresias
- C.
The messenger
- D.
Jocasta
- 18.What news does the messenger bring from Corinth?
- A.
That Polybus was not Oedipus's father
- B.
That Corinth wants Oedipus to be its king
- C.
That Polybus is dead
- D.
All of the above
- 19.How does Jocasta respond to the messenger's story?
- A.
She stabs the messenger
- B.
She begs the messenger to continue
- C.
She begs Oedipus to stop his line of questions
- D.
She rejoices that the truth has come out
- 20.Who found Oedipus first after he was sent away as a baby by his mother?
- A.
Polybus
- B.
Herdsman
- C.
Messenger
- D.
Laius
- 21.Who is to rule the kingdom now the truth of Oedipus's lineage has been revealed
- A.
Antigone
- B.
Creon
- C.
The first-born son of Oedipus and Jocasta
- D.
None of the above
- 22.How did Jocasta die?
- A.
Creon Killed her.
- B.
The Messenger killed her
- C.
Jocasta killed herself
- D.
Oedipus killed her
- 23.Which best describes the play's theme?
- A.
Fate can be controlled
- B.
People shouldn't abandon their children.
- C.
Oedipus should have been content to live in the present and not consult others regarding fate.
- D.
Oedipus is happy because he blames Jocasta for his fate.
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