WorksheetsOedipus Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
What is the creature that terrorizes Thebes before the play?
Snake
Sphinx
Cerberus
What city was Oedipus BORN in?
Corinth
Thebes
Who frees Thebes from the Sphinx's terror?
Oedipus
Creon
Jocasta
Jocasta's Brother; advisor to the king
Oedipus
Laios
Creon
Where was Oedipus RAISED?
Corinth
Thebes
Oedipus' ADOPTIVE father
Laios
Creon
Polybus
Where was Oedipus left to die as a baby?
Corinth
Kithairon
Thebes
Which character was killed at a place "where three roads meet"?
Laios
Oedipus
Creon
The blind prophet; can see the future
Creon
Laios
Tiresias
Says she does not believe in prophets or prophecies
Creon
Jocasta
Tiresias
Blinds himself at the end of the play
Tiresias
Oedipus
Laios
Why do the people come to Oedipus for help at the beginning of the play?
The Sphinx is attacking
There is a plague
They are celebrating a holiday
Where did Oedipus send Creon at the beginning of the play?
To Corinth
To the Oracle
Banished from Thebes
What does Creon say must be done to free Thebes from the plague?
The killer of the old king Laios must be found.
Oedipus must kill his father and marry his mother.
They must kill Tiresias
Based on rumors at the beginning of the play, who is suspected to have killed king Laios?
Tiresias
Polybus, the king of Corinth
A group of bandits
Oedipus vows to take responsibility for finding the murderer as if he were
Laios' own son
Apollo, god of Prophecy and Plague
The oracle at Delphi
When Oedipus first asks Tiresias for help, Tiresias...
Gladly shares all that he knows
Is too old to remember anything
Refuses to speak
After Tiresias accuses him of killing Laios, who does Oedipus suspect to be the real killers?
Creon
Tiresias
Both
Neither
When Tiresias accuses him of killing Laios, Oedipus claims that Tiresias...
is just a crazy old man
was bribed to say these things by Creon
has been misled by his birds
What does Oedipus ask Creon after accusing him of the murder?
Why didn't Tiresias say anything at the time of Laios' death?
Why is Teiresias blind?
Why did Jocasta marry Laios?
Which of these points does Creon make to show that he is not the murderer?
He never investigated the murder of Laios
He likes his current position and doesn't want the throne
He never met Tiresias before the events of the play
What does Jocasta attempt to prove to Oedipus?
There is no truth in prophecies
Oracles are always right
Creon killed Laios
What did Jocasta do to her only son?
Sacrificed it on the altar of Athena
Drowned it in a well
Gave it to a servant to leave on a mountain
Where was Laios killed?
In the battle of Troy
At a place where 3 roads meet
In a jail cell
The only eyewitness to the murder of Laios was...
Tiresias
a servant of Laios
a messenger from Corinth
When the eyewitness discovered Oedipus was king of Thebes, he...
Moved to Athens
Killed himself
Asked to be sent away from the city to work as a shepherd
Oedipus went to an oracle after being told by a drunk man that...
He will kill his father and marry his mother
He is a bastard (not his father's son)
Tiresias is his real father
Oedipus left Corinth after being told by the oracle that...
He will kill his father and marry his mother
He is a bastard (not his father's son)
He must save Thebes from the Sphinx
Why does Oedipus become upset hearing that Laios was killed at a three-way crossroads?
Oedipus killed a man at a crossroads
Oedipus fought at Troy
Oedipus' father was killed in a similar way
What news does the messenger bring from Corinth?
King Polybos is dead
The city of Corinth wants Oedipus to be their king
Polybos was not Oedipus' real father
All of these
What is Jocasta's reaction to the messenger's story?
She tells the messenger to answer all of Oedipus' questions
She begs Oedipus to stop asking questions
She stabs the messenger
Why does Oedipus think Jocasta is so upset over him finding out who his real parents are?
She is afraid that he is the child of slaves
She is afraid that he is her son
She is afraid that he will kill her
What does Jocasta do when she runs into the house?
Drowns herself
Hangs herself
Stabs her children
What did Oedipus do when he found Jocasta dead?
Stabbed himself with a sword
Blinded himself with the pins on her dress
Stabbed his children
