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Oedipus the King Test

Authored by Steven Biles

English

9th - 12th Grade

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Oedipus the King Test
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Who is Oedipus?

The King of Thebes

Jocasta's Brother

The King of Corinth

The Oracle at Delphi

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Oedipus save Thebes once before?

Solving the riddle of the Sphinx
Finding Laius' murderer
Fulfilling the phrophecy
Destroying the horcruxes

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is Creon?

He is Oedipus’s brother and second in command in Thebes.
He is Oedipus’s eldest son.
He is Jocasta’s, Oedipus’s wife’s brothe
He is co-squad leader.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who does Oedipus send to Delphi to learn how to save Thebes?

Jocasta
Creon
Laius
Bilbo

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who is Laius?

Oedipus's eldest son

Creon's brother

Jocasta's first husband/ First King

a prophet

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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No one attempted to find out the truth about what had happened to Laius because:

they were too busy trying to defeat the Sphinx that was terrifying Thebes.

they thought they already knew the truth.

Jocasta told the people that she was distraught enough without learning more.

everyone who tried to learn the truth ended up dead.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is ironic about Oedipus’s declaration of the curse against Laius’s murderer?

The true murderer is already dead.

Oedipus is pronouncing his own doom.

Oedipus has no power to punish a foreign criminal.

The Theban elders already know who the murderer is.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.3

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