Oedipus Rex
Authored by Jessica Seeley
English
9th - 10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This Greek dramatist wrote more than 100 plays, including Oedipus the King.
Aristotle
Sophocles
Euripides
Aeschylus
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the adoptive mother of Oedipus
Jocasta
Antigone
Ismene
Merope
Answer explanation
Jocasta is his wife/bilogical mother, Antigone and Ismene are his daughters/sisters, and Merope adopted him with her husband Polybus, the king of Corinth!
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
king of Corinth; the adoptive father of Oedipus
Laius
Creon
Polybus
Teiresias
Answer explanation
Laius is his biological father, Teiresias is the blind prophet of Apollo, and Creon is his brother-in-law/uncle.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Oedipus rules this city as king; it is also his birthplace
Thebes
Corinth
Delphi
Mt. Citherion
Answer explanation
Corinth is where he grew up, Delphi is the home the oracle of Apollo, and Mt. Citherion is where he should have died as a baby and where he is eventually banished.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This oracle predicts the Oedipus's father will be killed by his own son.
Teiresias
Polybus
Sphinx
Delphi
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This character was given orders to kill Oedipus.
The messenger
The heardsmen
Creon
Chorus
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Oedipus rescues the kingdom from this mythological creature.
Sphinx
Minotaur
Medusa
Kraken
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
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