Oedipus Part II

What happens to Oedipus at the end of the play?

• He hangs himself.

• He blinds himself and Creon kills him.

• He tells Creon to take over and moves back to Corinth.

• He blinds himself and begs to be banished

What happens to Jocasta, Oedipus's birth mother, at the end of the play?

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How did Oedipus save Thebes?

• By answering a riddle

• By sacrificing a goat

• By building a new temple

• By killing a criminal

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

• Oedipus Rex

• Polybus

• Creon

• Laius

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Which word best describes Creon’s attitude toward Oedipus in Oedipus Rex?

• cruel

• envious

• worshipful

• compassionate

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The Adoptive parents of Oedipus.

• Lauis and Jocasta

• Polybus and Merope

• Lauis and Merope

• Polybus and Jocasta

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Who was Oedipus' mother & wife?

• Antigone

• Ismene

• Jocasta

• Tiresias

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What was the birthplace of Oedipus?

• Corinith

• Thebes

• Delphi

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Oedipus Rex was written by __________.

• Euripides

• Sophocles

• Aeschylus

• Thespis

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The brother-in-law of Oedipus who became the King at the end of the play

• Antigone

• Polybus

• Creon

• Tiresias

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