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639 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 639
What does Oedipus think about this clue? What might this perception foreshadow?
The foreshadowing is that something is going to happen to Oedipus. He killed Royal Blood
Why did Jocasta's servant ask to be sent to the fields to be a shepherd?
How is Tiresias' response to being ordered to leave comic and ironic? What traits of
Oedipus' does this emphasize?
Delphi is the temple of Apollo, the significance is that the Oracle is there and tells the
future,
Term 2 of 639
What symbolism and/or irony is there in Oedipus's act of self-inflicted punishment?
Before, he was attempting to outsmart the gods, now he is punishing himself as they would
have
He does not want to fulfill the prophecy of him killing his father and marrying his mother so,
since he believes that King Polybus and Queen Merope (king and queen of Corinth) are his
real father and mother, he runs away to Thebes, thinking that he is protecting his alleged
parents.
Oedipus had to send for Teiresias twice. What does this reveal about Teiresias and his
knowledge of Laius' murder?
Who is the chorus leader? What is his task?
,Definition 3 of 639
What single clue about the murder of King Laius is revealed by Creon?
According to Ode 1, what is the most wonderful of all the world's wonders?
What does the Choragos claim is "always punished" by the gods?
Creon reveals that the murderer is still in the city.
Why did Jocasta's servant ask to be sent to the fields to be a shepherd?
Term 4 of 639
What does Creon sarcastically say would have man singing forever?
he takes him to Corinth and is raised by the childless King Polybus.
Creon claims that if the singing of dirges and planned lamentations could put off death,
men would sing forever.
Jocasta tells the men to take their argument inside because the rest of the city is already
burdened with the plague and the citizens do not need any other concerns.
When Jocasta tells the story of her husband's murder, and Oedipus recalls a similar incident
Definition 5 of 639
Why is the priest asking the gods for help?
Why does Tiresias at first seem to refuse to help Oedipus?
There is a plague in the city
What is King Creon's decree?
Why does the Priest suspect Creon brings good news?
,Term 6 of 639
What might this suggest about his character?
To ask who the murderer is from Teiresias who is blind
His impectiousness, his anger. May prove to be his tragic flaw.
He immediately asks questions about the circumstances of Laius' murder, presumably in
order to help find the murderers and purge the city.
He is quick to anger and to judge
Term 7 of 639
Who are the two brothers mentioned in the prologue?
Creon, brother-in-law to Oedipus, is the new king of Thebes
They are the brothers of Antigone and Ismene: Eteocles and Polyneices
That the baby she sent to be killed had a nail stuck between its two feet.
He would not gain anything from plotting against Oedipus
Definition 8 of 639
from Corinth informs Oedipus that King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth were not his
actual parents. The messenger himself gave Oedipus as a baby to the Corinthian king and queen.
He got the baby from a Theban shepherd whom he met in the woods. Oedipus's ankles were
pinned together at the time—in Greek, the name "Oedipus" means "swollen ankles."
The Messenger
Priest of Zeus
Who are the two brothers mentioned in the prologue?
Oedipus proved that pride ruled everything he did...
, Term 9 of 639
Who came to the princess while she was locked away?
His impectiousness, his anger. May prove to be his tragic flaw.
What was Laius doing before he died?
A man said that he was only the son in the imagination of his father, and Oedipus was
disturbed at the thought
Zeus came to Danae in her vault in the form of golden rain.
Term 10 of 639
What is it that Creon claims all prophets love?
They still want to wait for the messenger to arrive.
That creon and Teiresais are planning to overthrough him
because Teiresias refuses to talk.
Creon claims that all prophets love gold.
Term 11 of 639
Why is Creon so furious with Oedipus?
I am ready to help...I'll do anything
Antigone will be put to death.
Because Oedipus has accused him of committing the murder
they are not true.
639 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 639
What does Oedipus think about this clue? What might this perception foreshadow?
The foreshadowing is that something is going to happen to Oedipus. He killed Royal Blood
Why did Jocasta's servant ask to be sent to the fields to be a shepherd?
How is Tiresias' response to being ordered to leave comic and ironic? What traits of
Oedipus' does this emphasize?
Delphi is the temple of Apollo, the significance is that the Oracle is there and tells the
future,
Term 2 of 639
What symbolism and/or irony is there in Oedipus's act of self-inflicted punishment?
Before, he was attempting to outsmart the gods, now he is punishing himself as they would
have
He does not want to fulfill the prophecy of him killing his father and marrying his mother so,
since he believes that King Polybus and Queen Merope (king and queen of Corinth) are his
real father and mother, he runs away to Thebes, thinking that he is protecting his alleged
parents.
Oedipus had to send for Teiresias twice. What does this reveal about Teiresias and his
knowledge of Laius' murder?
Who is the chorus leader? What is his task?
,Definition 3 of 639
What single clue about the murder of King Laius is revealed by Creon?
According to Ode 1, what is the most wonderful of all the world's wonders?
What does the Choragos claim is "always punished" by the gods?
Creon reveals that the murderer is still in the city.
Why did Jocasta's servant ask to be sent to the fields to be a shepherd?
Term 4 of 639
What does Creon sarcastically say would have man singing forever?
he takes him to Corinth and is raised by the childless King Polybus.
Creon claims that if the singing of dirges and planned lamentations could put off death,
men would sing forever.
Jocasta tells the men to take their argument inside because the rest of the city is already
burdened with the plague and the citizens do not need any other concerns.
When Jocasta tells the story of her husband's murder, and Oedipus recalls a similar incident
Definition 5 of 639
Why is the priest asking the gods for help?
Why does Tiresias at first seem to refuse to help Oedipus?
There is a plague in the city
What is King Creon's decree?
Why does the Priest suspect Creon brings good news?
,Term 6 of 639
What might this suggest about his character?
To ask who the murderer is from Teiresias who is blind
His impectiousness, his anger. May prove to be his tragic flaw.
He immediately asks questions about the circumstances of Laius' murder, presumably in
order to help find the murderers and purge the city.
He is quick to anger and to judge
Term 7 of 639
Who are the two brothers mentioned in the prologue?
Creon, brother-in-law to Oedipus, is the new king of Thebes
They are the brothers of Antigone and Ismene: Eteocles and Polyneices
That the baby she sent to be killed had a nail stuck between its two feet.
He would not gain anything from plotting against Oedipus
Definition 8 of 639
from Corinth informs Oedipus that King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth were not his
actual parents. The messenger himself gave Oedipus as a baby to the Corinthian king and queen.
He got the baby from a Theban shepherd whom he met in the woods. Oedipus's ankles were
pinned together at the time—in Greek, the name "Oedipus" means "swollen ankles."
The Messenger
Priest of Zeus
Who are the two brothers mentioned in the prologue?
Oedipus proved that pride ruled everything he did...
, Term 9 of 639
Who came to the princess while she was locked away?
His impectiousness, his anger. May prove to be his tragic flaw.
What was Laius doing before he died?
A man said that he was only the son in the imagination of his father, and Oedipus was
disturbed at the thought
Zeus came to Danae in her vault in the form of golden rain.
Term 10 of 639
What is it that Creon claims all prophets love?
They still want to wait for the messenger to arrive.
That creon and Teiresais are planning to overthrough him
because Teiresias refuses to talk.
Creon claims that all prophets love gold.
Term 11 of 639
Why is Creon so furious with Oedipus?
I am ready to help...I'll do anything
Antigone will be put to death.
Because Oedipus has accused him of committing the murder
they are not true.
