Oedipus: Prologue and Scene 1

Who is Sophocles?

• Oedipus' wife 
• Author of Oedipus Rex
• Jocasta's brother
• King of Thebes

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Who is Oedipus?

• King of Thebes
• Jocasta's brother
• Prophet
• Creon's best friend

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Who is Jocasta?

• Oedipus' daughter
• Oedipus' wife
• The author of the play
• Creon's wife

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Who is Creon?

• Oedipus' best friend
• King of Thebes
• Oedipus' mother
• Jocasta's brother

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Who is Tiresias?

• Saved Oedipus from death
• King of Thebes
• Blind prophet 
• Oedipus' wife and mother

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Who was Laius?

• King of Thebes, Jocasta's husband
• Jocasta's brother
• Oedipus' daughter
• Adopted father of Oedipus

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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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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

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

• a servant
• his wife
• Creon
• Tiresias

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

• Oedipus is having sexual relations with his mother
• The gods don’t like the fact that Oedipus is king
• Laius’ killer has not been punished
• The city is cursed

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