oedipus part 1

Who is the author of Oedipus Rex?

• Euripides

• Aristotle

• Sophocles

• Pythagorus

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What god's festival helped to establish the beginnings of the Greek Theater?

• Zeus

• Athena

• Dionysus

• Medea

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What is the sphinx?

• a statue in ancient Egypt

• a mythological monster who can turn people to stone

• a mythological monster with a body that is half woman, half lion

• a mythological monster that loves corn dogs

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What is catharsis?

• the tragic flaw of a literary character

• when the main character recognizes his true nature and flaw

• the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

• excessive pride

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Which term refers to the tragic flaw of a tragic hero?

• peripeteia

• hamartia

• hubris

• anagnorisis

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When the audience knows something that the characters do not, this is known as...

• irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• I don't know. Apparently something to do with irony.

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Who is the chorus supposed to represent?

• The people of Thebes

• The gods

• The royalty of Thebes

• Creon's followers

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What is the main function of the Chorus in Oedipus?

• To control the fate of the main characters

• To reveal unpleasant truths to Oedipus

• To tell jokes between scenes

• To comment on the action

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Why are the people of Thebes in despair at the beginning of the play?

• a seer has predicted a flood

• a king has been murdered

• the Sphinx is holding the city captive

• a plague is killing people and livestock

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Oedipus became king of Thebes by:

• Killing a griffin

• Murdering the royal family

• Ridding Thebes of the Sphinx

• Shooting an arrow through the eye of a beast

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