WorksheetsOedipus Final Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Former King of Thebes; Father of Oedipus
a)
Creon
b)
Laius
c)
Tiresias
d)
Jocasta
2.
What does the name Oedipus mean?
a)
Swollen Face
b)
Forethought
c)
Swollen Foot
d)
Son of Pain
3.
Saved the people of Thebes from the Sphinx
a)
Odysseus
b)
Theseus
c)
Oedipus
d)
Tiresias
4.
Queen of Thebes; Mother of Antigone and Ismene
a)
Tiresias
b)
Joanna
c)
Laius
d)
Jocasta
5.
Jocasta's brother, one of three Theban rulers
a)
Creon
b)
Tiresias
c)
Oedipus
d)
Laius
6.
Blind prophet
a)
Creon
b)
Oedipus
c)
Tiresias
d)
Laius
7.
The chorus is used to represent the people of Corinth
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Which of the following is NOT an essential section of a Greek tragedy?
a)
Prologue
b)
Epilogue
c)
Parados
d)
Stasimon
9.
What is happening in the city of Thebes at the start of the play?
a)
A tornado has hit and destroyed many of the homes.
b)
A Sphinx has taken control of the city and is terrorizing its people.
c)
The city is suffering from a plague
d)
Oedipus has gone on vacation and is not being an effective ruler.
10.
Where did Oedipus send Creon at the beginning of the play?
a)
To the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
b)
To meet with Tiresias
c)
To be banished from Thebes
d)
To the crossroads to find out information about Laius’s murder
11.
What does Oedipus tell the people of Thebes he's going to do once he find's Laius's murderer?
a)
Put them in jail
b)
Make them the next king
c)
Feed them to the Sphinx
d)
Banish or kill them
12.
Who do the people of Thebes initially think killed Laius?
a)
Robbers
b)
Creon
c)
Oedipus
d)
Jocasta
13.
What does Tiresias say when he arrives in Thebes?
a)
That Jocasta killed Laius, so she could be the lone ruler of Thebes
b)
That Creon killed Laius and framed Oedipus
c)
That a group of strangers killed Laius
d)
That he knows who killed Laius, but he won't tell Oedipus
14.
How does Oedipus respond to the news Tiresias brings?
a)
He accuses Tiresias of conspiring with Creon
b)
He accuses Creon of killing Laius
c)
He calls Tiresias a blind fool
d)
All of the above
15.
What does Jocasta attempt to prove to Oedipus?
a)
That Tiresias is really his father
b)
That prophecies are not always truthful
c)
That prophecies are 100% the truth
d)
That Creon killed Laius
16.
What did King Laius do to his child?
a)
He put it up for adoption
b)
He sacrificed it to the gods
c)
He left it on a mountainside with its ankles bound together
d)
He drowned it in a well
17.
What did the oracle tell Oedipus’s parents?
a)
That Oedipus would become blind
b)
That Oedipus’s real mother was Jocasta
c)
That Oedipus should stay away from Thebes
d)
That Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother
18.
What news does the messenger bring from Corinth?
a)
That Polybus, Oedipus’s father is dead
b)
That Polybus was not Oedipus’s real father
c)
That Merope, Oedipus’s mother, is dead
19.
What does Jocasta do in response to Oedipus finding out the truth about himself?
a)
She runs away to Corinth
b)
She confesses her sins to Oedipus
c)
She prays to the gods for a solution
d)
She hangs herself in her bedroom
20.
What does Oedipus do to himself after he finds out about Jocasta?
a)
He calls his guards
b)
He gouges his eyes out with pins
c)
He blames Creon for what happened
d)
He scouts the city for Laius’s murderer
21.
What final request did Oedipus make of Creon?
a)
Give Jocasta a proper burial
b)
Take care of his daughters
c)
Banish Oedipus from Thebes
d)
All of the above
22.
Who ironically forshadowed Oedipus's fate?
a)
Laius
b)
Creon
c)
Apollo
d)
Tiresias
23.
What becomes of Oedipus at the end of the play?
a)
He commits suicide
b)
He drinks an elixer to heal himself
c)
He goes to live in exile
d)
He is forgiven for his sins
24.
Which of the following could be considered Oedipus's tragic flaw?
a)
The circumstances of his birth
b)
He doesn't listen to others
c)
His temper
d)
His excessive pride
e)
All of the above
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