English II Sem II Oedipus Final Exam

In Oedipus, what danger threatens the city of Thebes?

• an epidemic of the plague

• a large-scale economic crisis

• a severe and long lasting drought

What instructions does Creon receive from the oracle?

• Thebes must build a new temple to Apollo

• Thebes must punish the murderer of Laius

• Thebes must solve the riddle of the Sphinx

• Thebes must make a sacrifice to the oracle

When Teiresias appears before Oedipus, what claims does he state? Choose TWO

• that the oracle has not spoken truly

• that Oedipus caused his blindness

• that Creon ordered him to speak

• that Laius was Oedipus' father

• the Oedipus murdered Laius

What causes the quarrel between Creon and Oedipus?

• Creon believes that Oedipus is a bad husband

• Oedipus knows that Creon never went to see the Oracle

• Oedipus believes Creon wants to seize his throne

• Creon recognizes Oedipus as the killer of Laius

Jocasta tells Oedipus what she knows about Laius' murder. Which incident in her story does Oedipus recognize as something in his own past?

• the beating of one servant who later left Thebes

• the murder of the man he believed to be his father

• the encounter with highwaymen when he was traveling

• the murder of a group of men at a junction of three roads

Why does Jocasta urge Oedipus not to interview the shepherd?

• She realizes that Oedipus is the baby she gave up to the shepherd

• She is afraid the shepherd may turn out to be Oedipus' father

• She knows the shepherd is a prophet in disguise

• She thinks Creon has paid the shepherd to lie

What makes Oedipus sure that he has fulfilled the prophecy?

• the shepherd's claim that he was given a child by Jocasta and that Jocasta was the mother of the child

• the messenger's claim that Oedipus' feet were pinned together when he was a baby

• the shepherd's inability to remember and recognize the messenger

• Jocasta's decision to pay her respects at the shrines of the gods

Why does Creon come to find Oedipus after Oedipus shows himself, newly blinded, to the chorus of Thebans?

• to ask Oedipus to return to the palace

• to send Oedipus forth from Thebes

• to condemn Oedipus to death

• to escort Oedipus to prison

What happens to Oedipus at the conclusion of the play?

• He attempts to commit suicide

• he pleads to be sent into exile

• he disappears fromThebes

• He becomes a palace slave

If a king gives an EDICT to his LOYAL subjects....how would they respond?

• they would adopt the edict

• they would ignore it

• they would challenge it

• they would keep them a secret