Oedipus Rex & Oresteia

At the beginning of Oedipus Rex, the gods have cursed the city with plague for the unjust murder of Laius.

• True
• False

What ominous prophecy looms over Oedipus' choices/fate?

• He will make a bad investment in some real estate
• He will kill his father and marry his mother
• He will bring the destruction of an entire nation of people
• He will be a victim of the raging Aegean Sea

What happens to Jocasta, Oedipus' wife and mother?

• She flees the city
• She kills Oedipus when she discovers the truth
• She hangs herself
• She is imprisoned for marrying her son

What does Oedipus do upon seeing Jocasta's fate?

• stab his eyes out with her brooches; blinds himself
• flees the city in fear for his life
• curses the gods and is struck with plague
• hides her body and tells no one of her fate

In Oresteia, Orestes is on "trial" for killing his father.

• True
• False

Which god gave Orestes his blessing to enact his revenge?

• Ares
• Apollo
• Diana
• Hades

Who is chasing Orestes?

• The Furies
• Artemis, the god of the hunt
• Spartans
• Clytemnestra's Ghost

What is Orestes' fate?

• he is exonerated and free after his trial
• The Furies tear him to pieces and devour him
• Apollo ushers him to Olympus
• Athena banishes him to the wilds

Aristotle's "Poetics" is a book of critique for drama, particularly tragedy.

• True
• False