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WorksheetsOedipus the King
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why did the King and Queen of Thebes leave Oedipus on the mountainside?
They didn't want a child
They received a message from an oracle that Oedipus was to kill his father
Oedipus was a troubled child and they knew that he would not be a good king
The city was in distress and they wanted to keep him from the miserable conditions
What does Oedipus mean?
Little Prince
Swollen Foot
Mighty One
Hidden King
Thebes
Delphi
Corinth
Olympus
Oedipus left the home of his youth, in an effort to avoid
fulfilling a terrible prediction or prophecy
having his ankles pinned together
participating in the great war
finding out the true identity of his parents
How did Oedipus save Thebes?
By answering a riddle
By sacrificing a goat
By building a new temple
By killing a criminal
Who told Oedipus he was "blind to the truth"?
Oedipus's father
A member of the Chorus
A blind prophet
A member of the court
According to Teiresias the sole survivor of the group of men murdered, who killed King Laius?
Jocasta
Himself
Creon
Oedipus
What creature was guarding the Thebes?
Gorgon
Sphinx
What happens to Oedipus at the end of the play?
He hangs himself.
He blinds himself and Creon kills him.
He tells Creon to take over and moves back to Corinth.
He blinds himself and begs to be banished
What happens to Jocasta, Oedipus's birth mother, at the end of the play?
(a)
