Oedipus the King

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

Who told Oedipus he was "blind to the truth"?

• Oedipus's father

• A member of the Chorus

• A blind prophet

• A member of the court

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

• Jocasta

• Himself

• Creon

• Oedipus

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?

Who is Oedipus' father?

• Apollo

• Laios

• Creon

• Eteocles