WorksheetsOedipus Part 2
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3600secs
A central issue of Oedipus the King concerns the:
Acceptance of Destiny
Death of a loved one
Loss of power prestige
Duties of a ruler
The personality traits that determine Oedipus’ actions throughout the play are:
Weakness and Deterioration
Stubbornness and Perseverance
Selfishness and Insensitivity
Recklessness and Defiance
What does Creon deny that he has the desire to do?
Gain wealth
Rule as king
Hurt his sister
Conspire with oracles
Creon claims that his current position brings:
Royal benefits but no freedom
Freedom from fear but no power
Power and benefits without anxiety
Fear and power but no freedom
What sentence does Oedipus want to give Creon for his crime?
Death
Exile
Imprisonment
Banishment
What does Jocasta say about human prophecy?
Some human prophets are true and some are false
One must use caution while discerning the truth of an oracle
Human prophets are the voice of the Gods
No human has the ability of prophecy
Jocasta shows hypocrisy by praying to _________ for her husband:
Apollo
Tiresias
Zeus
Lauis's spirit
Jocasta immediately recants her prayer when a messenger arrives bringing news of:
The death of Polybus
Creon's guilt
Oedipus's true birth parents
The lifting of the plague
Oedipus refuses to return to Corinth with the messenger, saying, “I will never come near my parents.” This statement is ironic because he:
Is admired for his bravery
Loves his own children deeply
Killed Lauis and married Jocasta
Has been offered Polybus's throne
The messenger’s ignorance of which fact lends dramatic irony to his meeting with Oedipus and Jocasta?
Oedipus was not Polybus's son
Polybus did not have any children of his own
Oedipus was abandoned as an infant
Laius was the father of Oedipus
Jocasta reveals that she knows the truth about Oedipus when she:
Makes an offering of a suppliant's branch in wool
Is glad to learn of Polybus's death
Mocks the wisdom of the oracle
Discourages Oedipus from summoning the shepherd
Before Oedipus fled Corinth, who did he overhear saying “that I am not my father’s son”?
Tiresias
A drunken man at a banquet
Apollo
An oracle who read the flight of the birds
What did Oedipus’ adoptive parents say about the accusation that Oedipus was not their son?
They said it was untrue, but they seemed to be lying
They told Oedipus that it was true
They were enraged and still claimed to be his parents
Polybus denied it, but Merope admitted it
What gives Oedipus hope that he did not kill Laius?
The murder seems to have taken place at a different time than Oedipus remembers
The survivor reported being attacked by a band of thieve, not one man
The survivor may see Oedipus’ face and be able to identify that he’s not the killer
The description of the carriage does not match the one Oedipus remembers
Oedipus finally learns his identity by which of the following actions?
Listening to the chorus
Threatening to kill the shepherd
Requesting Apollo's intervention
Calling the messenger
Oedipus blinds himself as a direct result of:
Polybus's death
The messenger's news
Jocasta's suicide
The shepherd's disclosures
At the end of the play, Oedipus is most like Tiresias in his blindness and his:
Knowledge of the truth
Exercise of his free will
Isolation from his people
Respect for Creon
By asking Creon to let him return to the mountain of Cithaeron, Oedipus hopes to:
Live in order to learn that his daughters have married happily
Escape the wrath of the people of Thebes
Carry out his fate by dying in the manner his parents intended
Continue on his quest for self-knowledge
Jocasta doesn't believe in prophets because...
Laius was supposed to be killed by his own son and he was killed by a group of thieves
Her son was killed as a teenager by a dragon
She killed Laius and no one ever noticed the blood running down her arms.
Her uncle was a prophet and told her they are all fake.
What news is Oedipus given that Jocasta considers "good" news?
Oedipus has been named supreme ruler of all of Greece
Oedipus's father Polybus has died
Tiresias was found to be a liar and manipulative of the people
Both of them will be able to travel to Corinth to take over
What is the second piece of news the Corinthian Messenger shares with Oedipus and Jocasta?
That Oedipus is adopted
That Oedipus and Jocasta are siblings
That all of the shepherds were fired
That Merope is also dead
Where does Oedipus wish to be banished and left to die?
The mountain where his parents abandoned him
At the Oracle of Delphi
Mount Vesuvius with his daughters
He does not say, just tells Creon to send him away
Who ends the play as king of Thebes?
Antigone
Oedipus
Creon
Tiresias
How does the audience learn of Jocasta's death?
They see it
A messenger shares the news
Oedipus tells them
Through a song by the chorus
What is Jocasta's final act?
Running away
Blinding herself
Killing herself
Banishing Creon
How does Oedipus end the play?
No different than how he started
Dead
Blind and banished
Unsure of himself but still king
