Oedipus Review

Why did the King and Queen of Thebes leave Oedipus on the mountainside?

• They didn't want a child

• They received a message from an oracle that Oedipus was to kill his father

• Oedipus was a troubled child and they knew that he would not be a good king

• The city was in distress and they wanted to keep him from the miserable conditions

What does Oedipus mean?

• Little Prince

• Swollen Foot

• Mighty One

• Hidden King

According to Oedipus, where did he grow up?

• Thebes

• Delphi

• Corinth

• Olympus

Oedipus left the home of his youth, in an effort to avoid

• fulfilling a terrible prediction or prophecy

• having his ankles pinned together

• participating in the great war

• finding out the true identity of his parents

How did Oedipus save Thebes?

• By answering a riddle

• By sacrificing a goat

• By building a new temple

• By killing a criminal

According to Teiresias the sole survivor of the group of men murdered, who killed King Laius?

• Jocasta

• Himself

• Creon

• Oedipus

Who was Oedipus' mother & wife?

• Antigone

• Ismene

• Jocasta

• Tiresias

Oedipus accuses Creon of attempting to steal his throne

• true

• false

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