Oedipus Rex Questions 6-10

Oedipus’ calling his own life “much-envied” (line 2) is an example of (a)

• verbal irony.

• situational irony.

• dramatic irony

• cathartic incident.

• pathetic fallacy

When Tiresias calls Oedipus a “tyrant” (line 33) he means that Oedipus

• did not inherit the throne.

• married a reigning queen.

• took the throne by force.

• is an unlawful king.

• is wicked and cruel.

Tiresias’ calling Oedipus blind is both

• metaphoric and prophetic.

• literal and figurative.

• insulting and insolent.

• comic and suspenseful.

• impolitic and treasonous.

Cithaeron is the name of

• Oedipus’ true father.

• the Oracle at Delphi.

• the mountain where Oedipus was left to die.

• the crossroads where Oedipus killed Laius.

• Oedipus’ true mother.

Tiresias’ parting line emphasizes the irony of Oedipus’

• familial curse.

• need for information.

• metaphoric blindness.

• rudeness and insolence.

• proneness to anger.