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The knowledge that his own son would slay him was given to Laius by whom?

Apollo

Why was Tiresias sent for by Oedipus?

Because he wants the truth about who killed Laius---- to solve the murder of Laius

The investigation of Lauis' murder is interrupted...

Because the Sphinx is threatening the city

What theme runs throughout the play?

Blindness

The ruling family of Thebes is descended from

Cadmus

Who is Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle?

Creon

True or False: When Polybus dies

Creon is named king of Corinth., False

Where is the Oracle of Apollo located?

Delphi

Jocasta is...

Devoted to her kind and country

Corinthian who first leads Oedipus to question his identity

Drunkard

True or False: Both Creon and Oedipus desire to be king.

False

True or False: Laius is to be believed to be slayed in battle.

False

True or False: Oedipus is king of Corinth.

False

True or False: Oedipus is named for the mountain where he was found.

False

True or False: Oedipus' daughters are Jocasta and Merope.

False

True or False: The people of Thebes come to Oedipus and beg him to rid them of the sphinx.

False

True or False: Tiresias' blindness symbolizes his inability to accurately foresee the future.

False

Oedipus believes that Tiresias...

He accuses him of treason and conspiracy with Creon to take down Oedipus. He claims that someone from Thebes is paying him.

The oneman that escaped Laius' killing: what did he ask?

He asked to be freed from the house of Laius and go to the country and tend to the flocks

Creon insists that...

He does not envy Oedipus' power

What does Creon learn from the Oracle?

He learns the cause of the plague---because Laius' death hasn't been avenged----killer must be found.

Oedipus' name comes from the fact that ...

His ankles were pierced/pinned together

Oedipus' greatest concern after his downfall is with...

His daughters he pleads with Creon to take care of his daughters

Why does Jocasta tell the story of her first son?

In order to persuade him to not believe in prophecies. Tells him that the prophecy hasn't been fulfilled- she believes that Oedipus is dead.

Oedipus' actual mother

Jocasta

After hearing the first messenger's report

Jocasta begs Oedipus to..., Stop seeking the truth

Former King of Thebes

Laius

Oedipus' adopted mother

Merope

True or False: As an infant

Oedipus was abandoned on Mt. Etna, False

As an infant

Oedipus was adopted in which city?, Corinth

Which of the following is not an example of irony in the play?

Oedipus' defeat of the Sphinx

Oedipus' adopted father

Polybus

Riddling Monster

Sphinx

Description of Oedipus

Stubborn in pursuit of the truth

Who does Oedipus learn that he is fated to kill his father and marry his mother?

The Oracle

Who was the servant that spares the child Oedipus?

The Shepherd

The chorus calms Oedipus and convinces Oedipus to spare...

The life of Creon

Why does Oedipus kill Lauis?

They forced him off the road and the old man struck him in the head.

Which character is the prophet who angrily reveals Oedipus' crime?

Tiresias

Why does Oedipus run away from Corinth?

To escape his prophecy/ to not fulfill it

True or False: An oracle is a revelation from the gods.

True

True or False: Creon and the chorus feel that it is not good to decide things quickly.

True

True or False: Oedipus blinds himself offstage

True

True or False: Oedipus had killed a man at an intersection of three roads.

True

True or False: Oedipus' sons are Eteocles and Polyneices.

True

True or False: The plague on Thebes will be lifted when the murderer of Laius is found.

True

True or False:The first messenger reveals that Oedipus is not Polybus' natural son.

True

When was Laius killed?

When Oedipus was going to Thebes

True or False: Though Creon denies that he envies Oedipus' power

he privately admits that he longs to be the king., False

In order for the plague to go

what should happen to the murderer of Laius?, He should be found and exiled.


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