Sophocles

How did Jocasta die?

• She stabbed herself with her brooch

• She hanged herself

• She drowned

• She was devoured by the Sphinx

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.8.5

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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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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

The queen of Thebes who marry her son.

• Merope

• Tiresias

• Jocasta

• Electra

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Why was Oedipus offered the kingship in Thebes?

• because he was successful in saving the city from the Sphinx

• because he killed King Laius

• because Tiresias dictated Jocasta to make Oedipus the new king

• because he killed Creon

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

Sophocles increased _______ and _______ of his plays.

• speaking actors and chorus members

• the choral recitations and the scenes

• the actors and the trilogies

• The actors and the scenes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

What lesson did you get from the story of Oedipus Rex? Briefly discuss by citing event/s in the story. (3pts)

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The Adoptive parents of Oedipus.

• Lauis and Jocasta

• Polybus and Merope

• Lauis and Merope

• Polybus and Jocasta

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who is Tiresias?

• the previous king of Thebes

• Oedipus adoptive father

• the blind prophet

• the blind shepherd

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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What was the job of the Chorus

• To explain the action.

• To persuade the audience.

• To exaggerate the action.

• To spoil the play.

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What is the name of the play we are reading?

• Oedipus Rex

• Oedipus at Colonus

• Antigone

• The Odyssey

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

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