End of Oedipus Review

Oedipus Rex was written by __________.

• Euripides

• Sophocles

• Aeschylus

• Thespis

The previous king of Thebes who was killed at the “meeting of three roads”?

• Oedipus Rex

• Polybus

• Creon

• Laius

How did Jocasta die?

• She stabbed herself with her brooch

• She hanged herself

• She drowned

• She was devoured by the Sphinx

The brother-in-law of Oedipus who became the King at the end of the play

• Antigone

• Polybus

• Creon

• Tiresias

The Adoptive parents of Oedipus.

• Lauis and Jocasta

• Polybus and Merope

• Lauis and Merope

• Polybus and Jocasta

This word means excessive pride, overconfidence

• hamartia

• catharsis

• Tragic flaw

• hubris

The queen of Thebes who marry her son.

• Merope

• Tiresias

• Jocasta

• Electra

Why was Oedipus offered the kingship in Thebes?

• because he was successful in saving the city from the Sphinx

• because he killed King Laius

• because Tiresias dictated Jocasta to make Oedipus the new king

• because he killed Creon

What was terrorizing the town of Thebes when Oedipus arrived?

• the gods

• the Titans

• the Sphinx

• King Laius

Who is Tiresias?

• the previous king of Thebes

• Oedipus adoptive father

• the blind prophet

• the blind shepherd