oedipus rex study guide

In Oedipus Rex, what danger threatens the city of Thebes?

• The sphinx

• A recession

• Plague

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What claim does Teiresias state when he appears before Oedipus?

• He claims that Laius was Oedipus's adoptive father

• He claims that he is a god

• He claims that Oedipus murdered Laius

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What causes the quarrel (issue) between Creon and Oedipus?

• Jocasta wants to leave Oedipus for her brother

• Oedipus believes that Creon wants to seize his throne

• Creon realizes that Oedipus is the murderer of Laius

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What instruction does Creon receive from the oracle in order to stop the plague?

• Thebes must sacrifice people

• Thebes must punish the murderer of Laius

• Thebes must slay the gods

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Jocasta tells Oedipus what she knows about Laius’ murder. Which incident in her story does Oedipus recognize as an action he carried out in his own past?

• the murder of a group of men at a junction of three roads

• the beating of one servant who later left Thebes

• the murder of the man he believed to be his father

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If a respected queen gave edicts to his loyal subjects, how would her subjects most likely respond to them?

• They would accept them

• They would challenge them

• They would rebel

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Which is the best example of a decree you might hear in court? Base your answer on the meaning of decree.

• A lawyer's objection to a witness's testimony

• an officials final ruling of a trial

• a lawyer's argument in a defense of a client

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Which of the following situations best illustrates the meaning of proclamation?

• a queen giving a speech

• a large crowd cheering for a king

• a man listening to advice

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which is the most reasonable inference to draw about what kind of king Oedipus is?

• fierce and terrifying

• mysterious and secretive

• responsible and considerate

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which of the following lines of dialogue best supports the reason why Creon does not want to take the throne from Oedipus?

• Let me die amongst the damned if I ever wished you harm!

• In time you will know the truth . . . /. . . / A wicked man is discovered in the passing light of a single day.

• But if I were king I would have to do things which I did not want. / So why should I seek the crown . . .

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