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Oedipus Rex Plot

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  • Q1
    How do Laius and Jocasta try to avoid their prophecy?
    Gave away the baby to be killed
    Kept the baby
    Hung the baby
    Gave the baby to a goddess
    30s
  • Q2
    Which city was oedipus born in?
    Corinth
    Thebes
    Delphi
    Athens
    30s
  • Q3
    What fraction of the kingdom does Oedipus, Creon, and Jocasta each own?
    1/3
    Jocasta owns all!! #GRLPWR
    None
    Creon owns all
    30s
  • Q4
    Who was the first to accuse Oedipus as the murderer?
    Tiresias
    Jocasta
    The shepherd
    Creon
    30s
  • Q5
    How did Laius die?
    Murdered by his son
    Hades
    Killed at war
    The sphinx
    30s
  • Q6
    What curse did Oedipus put upon Laius' murderer?
    Bad luck
    Be exiled and executed
    Infertility
    Blindness
    30s
  • Q7
    What was the answer to the sphinxes riddle?
    Man and woman
    Child
    Elder
    Man
    30s
  • Q8
    Did Jocasta know that Oedipus was her son when she married him?
    MAYBEEEE
    NOOOO
    . . .
    YASSSSS QUEEN
    30s
  • Q9
    What did Tiresias say was going to happen to Oedipus after he found out the truth?
    He was going to go blind
    He was going to loose his other "father"
    He was going to be exiled
    He was going to die
    30s
  • Q10
    Who was the ruler of Thebes at the end of the book?
    Oedipus
    Laius
    Polybus
    Creon
    30s
  • Q11
    Who spilled the tea about Oedipus being given to another family?
    Merope
    Polybus
    Messenger
    Old Man
    30s
  • Q12
    Why was it so important for Creon to keep Oedipus's daughters?
    He wanted to marry them
    He was putting them up for adoption
    He was going to have them executed
    They were a sign of disgrace and incest
    30s
  • Q13
    What does Oedipus do when he finds Jocasta dead?
    Hangs himself
    Gouges his eyes out
    Jumps out the window
    Pulls out his hair
    30s
  • Q14
    Where is the oracle everyone goes to for prophecies or help?
    Corinth
    Delphi
    Cithaeron
    Thebes
    30s
  • Q15
    Who told the shepherd to come back to Thebes?
    Jocasta
    Oedipus
    Laius
    Creon
    30s

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