Why does the priest come to the palace to see Oedipus in the opening scene of the play?

To beg the king’s help with the plague that is ravishing the city

To offer a sacrifice for the coming harvest

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

According to Creon, why is there a plague on the city of Thebes?

Laius’ killer has not been punished

Oedipus is having sexual relations with his mother

The gods don’t like the fact that Oedipus is king

Why was Oedipus named king of Thebes?

He solved the riddle of the sphinx

He found the missing king’s scepter

The queen asked for his hand in marriage

Oedipus berates his people with regard to King Laius because:

if the oracle had not commanded it, they would have ignored their king’s murderer.

they gave the crown to Oedipus so soon after the king’s death.

they showed no respect for the king because they held no funeral rite in his honor.

no statue was erected in King Laius’ memory.

What promise does Oedipus make to anyone who comes forward with information about Laius’s murder ?

Oedipus will give a handsome reward of gold.

He says that no harm will come to anyone who comes forward.

He will give a formal pardon for the treason of withholding information.

Oedipus makes no promises; he demands that anyone with information come forward.

When Oedipus asks the prophet to reveal the name of the murderer, what is the prophet’s response?

Although Teiresias knows the answer, it is better that no one else ever learns the truth.

The king was never murdered at all; he is still alive in another land.

He claims that Jocasta murdered her husband.

He claims that he does not know because Apollo has kept the name from him.

Oedipus: Prologue and Scene 1

Authored by Brooke Barfield

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Sophocles?

Oedipus' wife

Author of Oedipus Rex

Jocasta's brother

King of Thebes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Oedipus?

King of Thebes

Jocasta's brother

Prophet

Creon's best friend

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Jocasta?

Oedipus' daughter

Oedipus' wife

The author of the play

Creon's wife

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Creon?

Oedipus' best friend

King of Thebes

Oedipus' mother

Jocasta's brother

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is Tiresias?

Saved Oedipus from death

King of Thebes

Blind prophet

Oedipus' wife and mother

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was Laius?

King of Thebes, Jocasta's husband

Jocasta's brother

Oedipus' daughter

Adopted father of Oedipus

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is the Chorus?

The group who yells at characters

The group that plays music

A group who represents the citizens of Thebes, they move the play along.

The choir director

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

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Oedipus: Prologue and Scene 1

Who is Sophocles?

Who is Oedipus?

Who is Jocasta?

Who is Creon?

Who is Tiresias?

Who was Laius?

Who is the Chorus?

Why does the priest come to the palace to see Oedipus in the opening scene of the play?

Who had Oedipus sent to ask why there was a plague on the city?

According to Creon, why is there a plague on the city of Thebes?

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