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Oedipus the King, Part 1 REVIEW

Authored by Taylor Brady

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Oedipus the King, Part 1 REVIEW
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who wrote the play "Oedipus the King"?

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Euripides

Aristophanes

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the famous riddle that Oedipus answered?

What has wings but cannot fly?

What is born in the morning and dies at night?

What has four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?

What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What creature did Oedipus encounter that posed a riddle to him?

Minotaur

Hydra

Sphinx

Cerberus

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the outcome for Oedipus after solving the Sphinx's riddle?

He was exiled from Thebes

He became king

He was turned into a stone

He lost his sight

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the myth, what was prophesied about Oedipus's fate?

He would become a great warrior

He would die in battle

He would kill his father and marry his mother

He would discover the secret of immortality

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which character is described as the brother of the queen in "Oedipus the King"?

Creon

Tiresias

Oedipus

Laius

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main reason Oedipus has come to speak to the people?

To announce his departure

To receive gifts

To hear their concerns directly

To celebrate a festival

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

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