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Oedipus Final Test Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers Oedipus Saved Thebes from Sphinx and murderer of Laius Jocasta Mother and wife of Oedipus Creon brother of Jocasta and King of Thebes at the end of the play Tiresias blind prophet Choragos chorus leader Apoll...

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Oedipus
Saved Thebes from Sphinx and murderer of Laius


Jocasta
Mother and wife of Oedipus


Creon
brother of Jocasta and King of Thebes at the end of the play


Tiresias
blind prophet


Choragos
chorus leader


Apollo
God of the sun and prophecy


The Old Shepherd
found infant on Mt. Cithaeron


Laius
king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus where 3 roads meet


King Polybus
King of Corinth who raised Oedipus as his own son


Name the four functions of a greek mask
specific role, identified gender, rank, and mood; acted as a megaphone; and allowed actors to change
roles easily


What were the two main purposes of the Greek gods?
to provide fortune and control social & nature forces


What are the people of Thebes suffering from?
a death plague


What are the two reasons the Thebans have for pleading for Oedipus for help?
He is the King
He saved them once from the Sphinx

, What is an oracle?
a divine message from the gods


Who was murdered?
King Lauis


Who does Oedipus assume is responsible for Laius' murder?
Creon


What is the significance of Tiresias to the god, Apollo
He is Apollo's servant


List 4 of the many prophecies Teiresias gives to Oedipus regarding the murderer of King Laius
The murderer is in Thebes now,
The murderer is a native
The murderer will soon be blinded
The murderer will lose his fortune


What two reasons does Choragos give Oedipus for believing Creon is innocent?
Creon has never spoken foolishly
He is a loyal friend


Why does Jocasta have no faith in the oracles of seers and prophets?
Jocasta and King Lauis received an oracle that stated their son would kill Lauis and marry Jocasta, but
their son, according to Jocasta, died on the mountain.


Author of Oedipus Rex
Sophocles


3 types of Greek plays
tragedy, comedy, satyr


tragic hero
a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction


tragic flaw
the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall


Sphinx
A mythical Egyptian beast with the body of a lion and the head of a human.


Oracle of Delphi
The most important shrine in all of Greece

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