Oedipus Review

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

• Oedipus Rex

• Polybus

• Creon

• Laius

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

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

Oedipus accuses Creon of attempting to steal his throne

• true

• false

Oedipus Rex was written by __________.

• Euripides

• Sophocles

• Aeschylus

• Thespis

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

What is wrong in Thebes as a the play starts?

• The Sphynx

• A plague

• Civil War

• The death of the queen