Oedipus Part 1

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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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

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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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

"Everything you speak is all so cryptic—like a riddle."What literary device is being used in the excerpt?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the predictions below did Tereisias NOT make?

• He will be blind, although he now can see.

• He will be a poor, although he now is rich.

• He sowed the same womb as his father and murdered him.

• He will be a great king and inherit his daughter's lands.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Who is the author of Oedipus Rex?

• Euripides

• Aristotle

• Sophocles

• Pythagorus

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Who is the chorus supposed to represent?

• The people of Thebes

• The gods

• The royalty of Thebes

• Creon's followers

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who does Oedipus accuse of conspiring to overthrow him?

• Creon and the Priest

• Creon and the chorus

• Creon and Teiresias

• Creon and Apollo

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which sentence best summarizes what the Oracle at Delphi tells Creon?

• The people must burn their fields of grain.

• A murderer must be brought to justice.

• Oedipus must sacrifice his eldest son.

• Oedipus must move out of the city.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

"the dreadful feet of that two-edged curse from father and mother both will drive you from this land in exile." What literary device is used in the excerpt?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

How does Oedipus view the citizens of Thebes?

• As his equals

• As his grandchildren

• As his slaves

• As his children

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7