Oedipus Review
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- Q1Oedipus saved Thebes from:a corrupt kinginvadersa prophecythe Sphinx30sEditDelete
- Q2Tiresias is adeaf musicianblind prophetunhealthy doctor30sEditDelete
- Q3Oedipus angers Tiresias by denying his prophecies.TRUEFALSE30sEditDelete
- Q4Tiresias predicts Oedipus will:solve the Sphinx's riddlebe succeeded by Creon"see" when he is blind30sEditDelete
- Q5Creon is angry when Oedipus accuses him of conspiracy with.....an oracleTiresisashis sonsJocasta30sEditDelete
- Q6Oedipus FIRST suspects he might be the murderer when he hears from:JocastaTiresiasCreon30sEditDelete
- Q7The Corinthian messenger announces that:Merope has diedCreon has returnedPolybus is dead and Oedipus is king30sEditDelete
- Q8Oedipus' name comes from:eyes like the sunbeing dark and mysterioushis bound feet30sEditDelete
- Q9The Corinthian messenger knows the shepherd because:was there when Polybus diedhe gave the infant Oedipus to himhe brought the news of Laius' death30sEditDelete
- Q10Jocasta begs Oedipus to stop asking questions because:it might reveal she married a slave or slave's sonshe fears the truth about who the baby boy wasshe fears he will anger the leaders of Thebes30sEditDelete
- Q11Oedipus blinds himself because:he can no longer look at anything with pride or dignityhe wants to sacrifice himself to the godshe prefers blindness to execution or banishmenthe envies Tiresias30sEditDelete
- Q12At the end of the play, he is the new ruler of ThebesTiresiasCreonOedipus30sEditDelete
- Q13They offer the perspective that no man is happy while he livesChorusPrologueExodus30sEditDelete
- Q14He tried to force Oedipus off the road when they met at the three highwaysTiresiasCreonLauis30sEditDelete
- Q15This person curses the man who removed the bonds from the baby's anklesOedipusTiresiasJocastaLaius30sEditDelete
- Q16This person vows to never use Oedipus' name againTiresiasCreonJocasta30sEditDelete
- Q17This person comments that Oedipus has eyes that cannot seeCreonTiresiasJocasta30sEditDelete
- Q18This word means the act of begging or pleading desperatelycontemptuouslydefilesupplicationliberated30sEditDelete
- Q19This word means to be freed from oppressioncontemptuouslysupplicationdefileliberated30sEditDelete
- Q20Which word means to make unclean?liberateddefilerationallycontemptuously30sEditDelete