Oedipus the King

Who is Oedipus' father?

• Apollo

• Laios

• Creon

• Eteocles

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who is Oedipus' mother?

• Jocasta

• Antigone

• Ismene

• Hera

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who is Jocasta's brother?

• Oedipus

• Eteocles

• Ployneices

• Creon

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Who are Oedipus's adoptive parents?

• Laios and Jocasta

• Polybus & Merope

• Apollo & Artemis

• Zeus & Hera

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A blind prophet

• Oedipus

• Apollo

• Teiresias

• Rachel Dare

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Oedipus' wife

• Jocasta

• Antigone

• Ismene

• Athena

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Whose prophesy (when he was born) stated that he would kill his father and marry his mother?

• Oedipus

• Laios

• Creon

• Polyneices

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

Years before the play started, what thing was terrorizing Thebes and all those travelling to Thebes?

• a minotaur

• a Sphynx

• a cyclopes

• a satyr

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

• Man

• Dog

• Cat

• any of the gods

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Who killed Laios?

• Creon

• Eteocles

• Oedipus

• Polyneices

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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