WorksheetsOedipus Rex
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is the author of Oedipus Rex?
Socrates
Shakespeare
Mrs. Whitehair
Sophocles
Who is killed at the “meeting of three roads”?
King Laius
Jocasta
Oedipus
Polybus
What is going on in Thebes at the beginning of the play?
a famine
a plague
a party
a sphinx
When Oedipus says, “I will fight for him as if he were my father” it is an example of
imagery
dramatic irony
metaphor
foreshadowing
Tiresias’ prophecy is an example of which literary element?
irony
metaphor
symbolism
foreshadowing
Who is the speaker of the following quote, “Not if you see things calmly, rationally, as I do.”
Creon
Oedipus
Tiresias
Jocasta
Who says, “So much for prophecy. It’s neither here nor there. From this day on, I wouldn’t look right or left.”
Creon
Jocasta
Tiresias
Oedipus
Scene 3 acts as what part of the plot?
Exposition
Rising action
Falling action
Climax
Who says, “Stop -- in the name of god, if you love your own life, call off this search! My suffering is enough!”
Jocasta
Creon
Oedipus
Tiresias
Scene 4 acts as what part of the plot?
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
How does Jocasta die?
She stabs herself
She hangs herself
She drowns herself
She swallows hot coals
How many children does Oedipus have?
2
3
4
5
Who is Creon?
Jocasta's brother-in-law
Oedipus' father
Antigone's uncle
The son of Polybus
Who is Polybus?
Oedipus' real father
Jocasta's father
Laius' brother
Merope's husband
Who says, "I think I've just called a dreadful curse upon myself -- I simply didn't know!"
Jocasta
Oedipus
Creon
Messenger
Why do gory scenes take place off stage?
the actors were all men and it wouldn’t have made any sense
there were only three actors allowed on stage at one time
it was inappropriate in Greek culture to show such violence
None of these answers
Who is the king at the end of the play?
Creon
Tiresias
Oedipus
Antigone
An emotional release felt by the spectator is called
Hubris
Catharsis
Hamartia
Tragic Flaw
What is the word?
Definition: Excessive pride, overconfidence
Hamartia
Catharsis
Tragic Flaw
Hubris
At then end of the play, who says, "No more; here your power ends."
Oedipus
Tiresias
Creon
Chorus
