oedipus rex study guide

What causes the quarrel (issue) between Creon and Oedipus?

• Jocasta wants to leave Oedipus for her brother

• Oedipus believes that Creon wants to seize his throne

• Creon realizes that Oedipus is the murderer of Laius

which is the most reasonable inference to draw about what kind of king Oedipus is?

• fierce and terrifying

• mysterious and secretive

• responsible and considerate

If a respected queen gave edicts to his loyal subjects, how would her subjects most likely respond to them?

• They would accept them

• They would challenge them

• They would rebel

Part I includes a lengthy conversation among Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta, and the chorus leader, or choragus. Which best describes the choragos’s part in this scene?

• The choragos warns Jocasta that disaster will strike.

• The choragos expresses approval of Creon’s argument.

• The choragos suggests that Oedipus should give up the throne.

what is an antistrophe?

• first stanza of an ode and the first point or argument

• third and last stanza of an ode.

• the second stanza of an ode. It presents a second point, which is

  sometimes a counter argument. It can often complicate the conflict in the play.

What instruction does Creon receive from the oracle in order to stop the plague?

• Thebes must sacrifice people

• Thebes must punish the murderer of Laius

• Thebes must slay the gods

Which is the best example of a decree you might hear in court? Base your answer on the meaning of decree.

• A lawyer's objection to a witness's testimony

• an officials final ruling of a trial

• a lawyer's argument in a defense of a client

which of the following lines of dialogue best supports the reason why Creon does not want to take the throne from Oedipus?

• Let me die amongst the damned if I ever wished you harm!

• In time you will know the truth . . . /. . . / A wicked man is discovered in the passing light of a single day.

• But if I were king I would have to do things which I did not want. / So why should I seek the crown . . .

what does the chorus believe will eventually happen in Thebes? (Chorus after Oedipus and Teiresias meet)

• They believe that the oracle told Creon the murderer’s name.

• They believe that Teiresias will recover his sight and confess the truth

• They believe that Apollo will eventually reveal the murderer.

• They believe that Thebes will be divided by a bitter civil war.

What is the TRUE relationship between Oedipus and Jocasta?

• Husband and Wife

• Mom and Dad

• Brother and Sister

• Mother and Son