OEDIPUS THE KING TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Why did Oedipus leave Corinth? ANSW✅✅Apollo told him that he would kill his father and marry
his mother
Where does Oedipus kill Laius? ANSW✅✅"where three roads meet"
What is the riddle of the Sphinx that Oedipus solved? ANSW✅✅Q: What walks on four legs in the
morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening? A: man
What is the blind prophet's name? ANSW✅✅Tiresias
Who is Creon? ANSW✅✅Oedipus' uncle & brother-in-law who holds the same amount of power
with no title until the end of the play when he becomes king
Is this play about fate? ANSW✅✅Yes, but not only about fate because Oedipus also did things
that weren't prophesized (most importantly blinding himself)
What is the setting of the play? ANSW✅✅the front of Oedipus' palace in Thebes
What is the meaning of Oedipus' name? ANSW✅✅swollen foot
Oedipus' biological father ANSW✅✅Laius
Oedipus' adoptive father ANSW✅✅Polybus
Oedipus' biological mother ANSW✅✅Jocasta
Oedipus' adoptive mother ANSW✅✅Merone
AND ANSWERS
Why did Oedipus leave Corinth? ANSW✅✅Apollo told him that he would kill his father and marry
his mother
Where does Oedipus kill Laius? ANSW✅✅"where three roads meet"
What is the riddle of the Sphinx that Oedipus solved? ANSW✅✅Q: What walks on four legs in the
morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening? A: man
What is the blind prophet's name? ANSW✅✅Tiresias
Who is Creon? ANSW✅✅Oedipus' uncle & brother-in-law who holds the same amount of power
with no title until the end of the play when he becomes king
Is this play about fate? ANSW✅✅Yes, but not only about fate because Oedipus also did things
that weren't prophesized (most importantly blinding himself)
What is the setting of the play? ANSW✅✅the front of Oedipus' palace in Thebes
What is the meaning of Oedipus' name? ANSW✅✅swollen foot
Oedipus' biological father ANSW✅✅Laius
Oedipus' adoptive father ANSW✅✅Polybus
Oedipus' biological mother ANSW✅✅Jocasta
Oedipus' adoptive mother ANSW✅✅Merone
