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WorksheetsReview 2
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 15mins
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1.
Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?
a)
Polybus dies and Oedipus thinkshis real father has died, but the audience knows Laius was his real father.
b)
The Sphinx kills herself after Oedipus solves the riddle.
c)
Oedipus says that he is the only one capable of finding Laius' murderer
2.
Oedipus was written as part of a religious ceremony to honor which god?
a)
Apollo
b)
Zeus
c)
Dionysus
d)
Hermes
3.
The playwright who wrote Oedipus was
a)
Socrates
b)
Sophocles
c)
Aristotle
d)
Aeropostale
4.
One of the roles of the chorus was
a)
summary
b)
prophecy
c)
annotating
5.
When King _____ and Queen _______ had their firstborn child, the Oracle revealed a prophecy that the child will kill his father and marry his mother.
a)
a. Laius and Jocasta
b)
b.Polybus and Merope
c)
c. Tiresias and Creon
6.
Corinthian Messenger
a)
Delivered Oedipus to Corinth
b)
Jocasta's brother
c)
Oedipus' daugthers
d)
Saved Oedipus from death
7.
Oedipus
a)
King of Thebes
b)
Jocasta's brother
c)
Prophet
8.
Jocasta
a)
Oedipus' wife and mother
b)
Oedipus' daugthers
c)
The author of the play
9.
Creon
a)
Jocasta's brother
b)
King of Thebes
c)
Oedipus' wife and mother
10.
Antigone and Ismene
a)
Oedipus' daugthers
b)
Oedipus' wife and mother
c)
The authors of the play
11.
Herdsman
a)
Saved Oedipus from death
b)
Jocasta's brother
c)
An oracle
d)
A prophet
12.
Laius
a)
Father of Oedipus
b)
Jocasta's brother
c)
Oedipus' daugthers
d)
Adopted father of Oedipus
13.
Sophocles
a)
Author of Oedipus Rex
b)
Oedipus' wife and mother
c)
Jocasta's brother
d)
King of Thebes
14.
Who does the Chorus suggest could help Oedipus locate the whereabouts of the murderer?
a)
Creon
b)
Teiresias
c)
Jocasta
d)
Apollo
15.
Who does the prophet finally reveal as the murderer of King Laius?
a)
Jocasta
b)
Creon
c)
Teiresias
d)
Oedipus
16.
Who does Oedipus accuse of being behind a plot to destroy him?
a)
Jocasta
b)
Teiresias
c)
Apollo
d)
Creon
17.
What is Creon’s defense against the accusations against him?
a)
He claims that Laius’s body was never returned to Thebes, so he could not have given Laius a proper burial.
b)
He says that he would never do anything to cause his sister, Jocasta, any pain.
c)
Why would he want the stress of being king when he already enjoys the same perks?
d)
He claims that Teiresias is a liar, and that his fate is his own; no evil awaits him.
18.
Where was Oedipus taken to meet his death as a baby?
a)
Corinth
b)
Cithaeron
c)
Delphi
d)
Thebes
19.
What happened at Phocis (where the three roads meet)?
a)
Oedipus killed the King of Thebes
b)
Oedipus fulfilled the first part of his fate
c)
Oedipus killed his biological father
d)
All of the above
20.
The Oracle at Delphi proclaimed that Oedipus’ fate was to
a)
Kill his father and marry his mother
b)
Leave Corinth to save the city of Thebes
c)
Kill the King of Thebes by accident
d)
Have four children with his mother
21.
Oedipus was born in __________, raised in ___________, and traveled to ____________ to speak with the Oracle.
a)
Colonus...Athens...Thebes
b)
Corinth...Thebes...Delphi
c)
Thebes...Cithaeron...Corinth
d)
Thebes...Corinth...Delphi
22.
At the beginning of Part 2, what important news does the messenger from Corinth bring Oedipus?
a)
Merope has fled the country.
b)
King Polybus has died.
c)
Zeus has lifted the plauge.
d)
THe Sphinx has seized Creon
23.
Near the end of the play, Oedipus requests that he be —
a)
given a new trial
b)
publicly executed
c)
forgiven
d)
banished to a mountain
24.
What makes this play a tragedy?
a)
The downfall of the main character
b)
The sins committed by the protagonist
c)
The downfall of someone once proud & powerful
d)
This is not a tragedy; it is a comedy
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