Oedipus the King Part I

What did the shepherd do to Laios and Jocasta's child?

• pierced his ankles then left him to die

• pierced his ankles then decided to send him far away with another shepherd

• raised him as his own son

What did Jocasta do when she learned the truth?

• She stabbed herself.

• She jumped out of the palace window.

• She hung herself.

• She stabbed her eyes.

What is Oedipus' punishment?

• death

• exile

• prison

Who will rule Thebes?

• Eteocles

• Polyneices

• Teiresias

• Creon

Who is the author of Oedipus Rex?

• Socrates

• Shakespeare

• Mrs. Whitehair

• Sophocles

What is going on in Thebes at the beginning of the play?

• a famine

• a plague

• a party

• a sphinx

When Oedipus says, “I will fight for him as if he were my father” it is an example of

• imagery

• dramatic irony

• metaphor

• foreshadowing

Who says, "I think I've just called a dreadful curse upon myself -- I simply didn't know!"

• Jocasta

• Oedipus

• Creon

• Messenger

Who is killed at the “meeting of three roads”?

• King Laius

• Jocasta

• Oedipus

• Polybus

Tiresias’ prophecy is an example of which literary element?

• irony

• metaphor

• symbolism

• foreshadowing