Oedipus Rex Part 1

Oedipus is the ______________ of ____________.

• ruler, Crete

• king, Thebes

• brother, Polybus

• husband, no one

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

The ______________ of Delphi said that the _______________ was a result of a murder in the city.

• Seer, plague

• prophet, murders

• Oracle, murders

• Oracle, plague

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The theme topics of Oedipus Rex are:

• Hero/Villian

• Virtue/Vengeance

• Love/Hate

• Blindness/Sight

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Tieresias is blind, but he "sees" what others don't. This is an example of:

• personification

• irony

• allusion

• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Jocasta told Oedipus that her former husband:

• died where the three roads meet

• was killed by bandits

• was given a prophecy that his son would kill him

• all of the choices

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.7

Oedipus' tragic flaw SO FAR, seems to be his:

• pride

• temper

• inability to listen

• inability to see

A Sphinx is a monster with:

• the body of a dragon

• the body of a lion

• the body of an eagle

• a heart of fire

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

True or False: the chorus represents the voice of society.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

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