Oedipus Reading Check #1

When will the Plague on Thebes end?

• When Oedipus retakes the throne

• When Tiresias gives Oedipus his oracle

• When the Sphinx is defeated

• When Laius's murderer is found

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who does Tiresias accuse of killing the King?

• Oedipus

• Jocasta

• Foreigners

• Creon

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is Teiresias?

• Oedipus's father
• A member of the Chorus
• A blind prophet
• A member of the court

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

Who, along with Teiresias, does Oedipus accuse of conspiring for the throne of Thebes?

• Jocasta
• Creon
• The Chorus
• The king of Corinth

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

Who is Oedipus?

• A messenger
• The King of Thebes
• Jocasta's brother
• Lauis's servant

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of these was meant to represent society in Greek drama?

• The audience
• The three actors
• The playwright
• The Chorus

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Who is the author of "Oedipus the King"?

• Aeschylus
• Sophocles
• Euripides
• Dionysus

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is the name of the play we are reading?

• Oedipus Rex

• Oedipus at Colonus

• Antigone

• The Odyssey

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

Why is Creon upset at the opening of episode two?

• Oedipus has accused him of treason.

• King Lauis was never given a proper burial

• Jocaste believes that he is plotting against her husband

• Creon wants to be king

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7