OEDIPUS REX TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

OEDIPUS REX TEST REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does Oedipus announce to the Theban people? ANSW✅✅whoever knows who killed laiu
should come forward; the person who knows will be punished if he helps the killer; and that if any
man confesses, he will be banished



Who is rumored to have killed Laius? ANSW✅✅robbers



Who does Creon advise Oedipus to send for? ANSW✅✅Teiresias



What does Teiresias say when he arrives? ANSW✅✅he's not going to tell who the killer is



How does Oedipus respond when Teiresias charges him with killing Laius? ANSW✅✅oedipus
accuses Creon of killing Laius, calls Teiresias a blind fool, and accuses Teiresias of conspiring with
Creon



What does Teiresias say will happen to Oedipus? ANSW✅✅he will leave Thebes a blind beggar



What does Oedipus ask Creon? ANSW✅✅why Teiresias didn't say anything at the time of Laius's
death



Does Creon say he wants to be king? ANSW✅✅no



Why doesn't Creon want to be a king? ANSW✅✅it's too much responsibility and he doesn't want
to be king of a dead city



What does Jocasta convince Oedipus to do to Creon? ANSW✅✅forgive him



What does Jocasta attempt to prove to Oedipus? ANSW✅✅there is no truth in prophesy