Oedipus: Scene 3

Where does Oedipus originally believe he is from?

• Thebes
• Crete
• Corinth
• Sparta

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Why does Oedipus leave his childhood hometown?

• He is afraid of fulfilling the prophecy.
• He must answer the call to kill the sphinx.
• He is forced to leave by the angry citizens.
• He wants to rule a new city/state.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who does Oedipus originally believe his parents are?

• Creon and Jocasta
• Laius and Jocaasta
• Tiresias and Merope
• Polybus and Merope

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

What news does the messenger from Corinth bring to Thebes?

• That King Polybus is dead.
• The sphinx is back.
• Jocasta is to be re-married.
• The plague has begun there.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

How did Polybus die?

• Oedipus killed him
• old age and disease
• a hydra attack
• the plague

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is Oedipus afraid will happen if he returns to Corinth?

• Creon will attack him.
• Jocasta will leave him.
• The prophesy will come true and he will marry his mother.
• Merope will disown him.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

The servant Oedipus and Jocasta were seeking for his testimony about Lauis's death is also the servant who_____?

• killed the king.
• knows about Jocasta's true identity.
• knows about Oedipus being given up as a baby by Laius.
• is Oedipus's true father.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

What literary element is being employed when the messenger mentions Oedipus's feet being bound together.

• metaphor

• simile

• dramatic irony

• personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Oedipus receives his name because of______________.  

•  the Oracle
• his prophecy
• his swollen feet  
• his hair color

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why does Jocasta beg Oedipus to forget about finding the truth of his parentage?

• She knows the truth now.
• She doesn't believe the messenger.
• She loves the messenger and wants to leave Oedipus.
• She believes he is a god and has no parents. 

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3