Oedipus Rex Test 2024 Actual Questions and
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What is the priest doing at the beginning of the play?
asking for help
Why is the priest asking for help?
The city is suffering
Creon is Oedipus's...
brother-in-law
The blight in Thebes has affected all of the following EXCEPT:
the water supply
Who was king before Oedipus?
Laius
How did the previous king die?
killed by a band of robbers
What is the cause of the plague?
an unsolved murder
Who is Teiresias?
a blind prophet
Creon arrives on the scene early in the play. Where had he been?
To consult the oracle
Oedipus accuses Creon of...
jealousy
Creon doesn't want to be king. He gives all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
the job appears to be too hard
Who / What did Jocasta tell Oedipus he shouldn't believe?
Teiresias
What did an oracle long ago tell Laius?
, that his own son would kill him
How old was Laius' son when he (the son) died?
3 days old
How did the son die?
left on a mountainside to die
What did Jocasta tell Oedipus that upset him?
Laius was killed at a spot where three roads meet
What happened to the witness to Laius' death?
He took a new job
Long ago, why did Oedipus leave the city of Corinth?
He wished to escape his parents
What did Oedipus do long ago that now gives him cause for concern?
killed a man
What made Oedipus go the the oracle when he was a young man?
He wanted to get the answer to a question that was bothering him
Before being married to Oedipus, to whom was Jocasta married?
Laius
My friend, what is the answer to the riddle of the sphinx?
man
At the end of Part 1, Oedipus wants to talk to someone to get the truth. Whom does he want to
interview?
the witness to Laius' death
When Teiresias arrives to speak to Oedipus, how does Teiresias feel about answering Oedipus's
question?
reluctant
Oedipus regards Creon as a ...
traitor
What "problem" is associated with Teiresias?
He is blind
Answers Solved 100%.
What is the priest doing at the beginning of the play?
asking for help
Why is the priest asking for help?
The city is suffering
Creon is Oedipus's...
brother-in-law
The blight in Thebes has affected all of the following EXCEPT:
the water supply
Who was king before Oedipus?
Laius
How did the previous king die?
killed by a band of robbers
What is the cause of the plague?
an unsolved murder
Who is Teiresias?
a blind prophet
Creon arrives on the scene early in the play. Where had he been?
To consult the oracle
Oedipus accuses Creon of...
jealousy
Creon doesn't want to be king. He gives all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
the job appears to be too hard
Who / What did Jocasta tell Oedipus he shouldn't believe?
Teiresias
What did an oracle long ago tell Laius?
, that his own son would kill him
How old was Laius' son when he (the son) died?
3 days old
How did the son die?
left on a mountainside to die
What did Jocasta tell Oedipus that upset him?
Laius was killed at a spot where three roads meet
What happened to the witness to Laius' death?
He took a new job
Long ago, why did Oedipus leave the city of Corinth?
He wished to escape his parents
What did Oedipus do long ago that now gives him cause for concern?
killed a man
What made Oedipus go the the oracle when he was a young man?
He wanted to get the answer to a question that was bothering him
Before being married to Oedipus, to whom was Jocasta married?
Laius
My friend, what is the answer to the riddle of the sphinx?
man
At the end of Part 1, Oedipus wants to talk to someone to get the truth. Whom does he want to
interview?
the witness to Laius' death
When Teiresias arrives to speak to Oedipus, how does Teiresias feel about answering Oedipus's
question?
reluctant
Oedipus regards Creon as a ...
traitor
What "problem" is associated with Teiresias?
He is blind
