Oedipus Unit Test Review

What is Oedipus' prophecy?

• Kill Mom and marry Dad

• Kill Dad and marry Mom

• Defeat the Sphinx

• Gouge out his eyes

Where does the play take place?

• Mt. Cithaeron

• Corinth

• Phocis

• Thebes

Who wrote the play?

• Sophocles

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

Who are Oedipus' birth parents?

• Polybus & Merope

• Zeus & Hera

• Lauis & Jocasta

• The Shepherd & his unnamed wife

What did Oedipus defeat when he answered the riddle?

• Centaur

• Faun

• Minotaur

• Sphinx

What disability does Oedipus that also reveals his story?

• Talltail stutter

• Telltale Limp

• Glass eyes

• a hook for a hand

What does Oedipus mean?

• "cankles"

• "bigfoot"

• "swollen foot"

• "limp foot"

Who was Tiresias?

• a mute singer

• a deaf monk

• a hunchback bell ringer

• a blind prophet

Because of Thespis of Icaria, actor/actresses are also called:

• Icarians

• Sons of Thespis

• Thespians

• Just actors

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

• Mankind/the life cycle of Man

• Cyclops

• Satyrs

• Phoenix