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Oedipus Part 1 Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main function of the Chorus in Oedipus?

a)

To control the fate of the main characters

b)

To reveal unpleasant truths to Oedipus

c)

To tell jokes between scenes

d)

To comment on the action

2.

Laius is killed at:

a)

A crossroads

b)

His palace

c)

In Corinth

d)

In Thebes

3.

Oedipus' adoptive father is:

a)

Laius

b)

Teiresias

c)

Polybus

d)

Creon

4.

Which of the following is an ironic event from Oedipus?

a)

Jocasta tries to protect Oedipus from discovering the truth

b)

Oedipus has mangled feet

c)

Apollo has cursed the family of Laius

d)

It is Oedipus who curses the murderer of Laius

5.

Oedipus became king of Thebes by:

a)

Killing a griffin

b)

Murdering the royal family

c)

Ridding Thebes of the Sphinx

d)

Shooting an arrow through the eye of a beast

6.

Oedipus left Corinth, the home of his youth, in an effort to avoid:

a)

Fulfilling a terrible prediction

b)

Participating in the great war

c)

Finding out the true identity of his parents

d)

Having his ankles pinned together

7.

Creon learns what's causing the city's current trouble from:

a)

The Theban elders

b)

A criminal who confesses

c)

A shepherd

d)

The oracle at Delphi

8.

Who, along with Teiresias, is accused of conspiring for the throne of Thebes?

a)

Jocasta

b)

Creon

c)

The shepherd

d)

Oedipus

9.

What is the cause of the city's troubles?

a)

The queen has plotted to overthrow the king

b)

The king has insulted Apollo's messenger

c)

The people have failed to worship the gods

d)

The city has been sheltering a murderer

10.

Who is Teiresias?

a)

Oedipus' true father

b)

The leader of the chorus

c)

An elderly priest

d)

A blind prophet

11.

Why are the people of Thebes in despair at the beginning of the play?

a)

A seer has predicted a flood

b)

A Sphinx is holding the city captive

c)

A king has just been murdered

d)

A plague is killing people and livestock

12.

What is ironic about Oedipus' declaration of the curse against Laius' murderer?

a)

The true murderer is already dead

b)

Oedipus is pronouncing his own doom

c)

Oedipus has no power to punish a foreign criminal

d)

The Theban elders already know who the murderer is

13.

Which one of the themes listed below is NOT a theme we discussed would be in Oedipus?

a)

Pride is the root of all suffering.

b)

Flaws affect everyone around us

c)

We are all on a question for truth

d)

Power is the root of all evil

14.

Which of the predictions below did Tereisias NOT make?

a)

He will be blind, although he now can see.

b)

He will be a poor, although he now is rich.

c)

He sowed the same womb as his father and murdered him.

d)

He will be a great king and inherit his daughter's lands.

15.

What god's festival helped to establish the beginnings of the Greek Theater?

a)

Zeus

b)

Athena

c)

Dionysus

d)

Medea

16.

Who is the chorus supposed to represent?

a)

The people of Thebes

b)

The gods

c)

The royalty of Thebes

d)

Creon's followers

17.

"the dreadful feet of that two-edged curse from father and mother both will drive you from this land in exile." What literary device is used in the excerpt?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

foreshadowing

18.
Oedipus sends for Teiresias who reveals that Oedipus is the cause of the plague. The ___________ is that Tiresias is blind but can see the truth, and Oedipus has sight but refuses to see the truth.  
a)
 a.tragedy
b)
 b. hubris
c)
 c. irony
d)
d.  catharsis
19.
What promise does Oedipus make to anyone who comes forward with information about Laius's murder?
a)
He will not harm them and will, in fact, reward them.
b)
He will kill them immediately.
c)
He will pray to the gods to ask for their forgiveness.
d)
He will release the plague on them.
20.
When Oedipus asks the prophet to reveal the name of the murderer, what is the prophet’s response?
a)
Although Teiresias knows the answer, it is better that no one else ever learns the truth. 
b)
The king was never murdered at all; he is still alive in another land.
c)
He claims that Jocasta murdered her husband. 
d)
He claims that he does not know because Apollo has kept the name from him.
21.
Who did Teiresias claim was the murderer of Laius?
a)
Jocasta
b)
Creon
c)
Tiresias
d)
Oedipus
22.
How did Oedipus respond when Tiresias told him this news?
a)
Oedipus believed him
b)
Oedipus insulted him
c)
Oedipus jailed him
d)
Oedipus killed him
23.
What reason does Creon give for not wanting to steal the kingship from Oedipus?
a)
Creon is already king of Corinth.
b)
He is frightened of the sphinx returning.
c)
Creon's family has been forbidden by the gods from ruling in Thebes.
d)
Creon enjoys all of the benefits of being royalty without any of the pressure of being king.
24.
What is Oedipus's reaction to hearing that Laius was killed in a place where three highways meet?
a)
He remembers killing a man there.
b)
He is relieved that his true father is dead.
c)
He calls back the Oracle for more information.
d)
He leaves Thebes and becomes king of Corinth.
25.
Why does Jocasta no longer believe in oracles/prophesies?
a)
Teiresias told her that oracles are always false.
b)
She became angry with the gods and goddesses when her true love, Laius, died.
c)
She knows that the gods and goddesses are just characters in a storyteller's tale.
d)
She believes that a prophesy she and her first husband recieved did not come true.
26.
What "proof" does Jocasta have that the prophecies are not true?
a)
The Oracle at Delphi is dead
b)
Creon came with a new prophecy
c)
Her son is dead.
d)
Her husband killed himself
27.
What horrible news did Oedipus recieve from a drunk man when he was a young man?
a)
His father was dead.
b)
He was adopted.
c)
He would never have children.
d)
He would never be king of Corinth. 
28.
Where does Oedipus originally believe he is from?
a)
Thebes
b)
Crete
c)
Corinth
d)
Sparta
29.
Bonus: The audience knows for sure that Oedipus is the killer, but he still doesn't believe it himself. Which literary element is this?
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Indirect Characterization

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