Oedipus Rex: the Prologue
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7th - 11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why does the priest come to the palace to see Oedipus in the opening scene of the play?
To offer a sacrifice for the coming harvest
To beg the king’s help with the plague that is ravishing the city
To ask the king’s permission in order to pray to Apollo for better weather
To tell the king that Tieresias was the one that killed Lauis
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Who had Oedipus sent to ask the oracle of Apollo why there was a plague on the city?
a servant
his wife
Creon
Tiresias
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
According to Creon, why is there a plague on the city of Thebes?
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why was Oedipus named king of Thebes?
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What does Oedipus promise to do to Laius's murderer?
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What literary element is bring used in the following lines, “Whoever killed Lauis might lay violent hands on me.”
dramatic irony
simile
metaphor
direct character-ization
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Oedipus refer to his citizens as?
My people
My darlings
My children
My followers
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.7
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