OEDIPUS PRACTICE EXAM FOR FINAL
PREPARATION 2024
Where does the play take place? - CORRECT ANSWER -Oedipus's palace, Thebes
Which character begins the play? Why? - CORRECT ANSWER -Oedipus; he is what
the conflict is about
How does Oedipus introduce the citizens of Thebes? - CORRECT ANSWER -
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OEDIPUS PRACTICE EXAM FOR FINAL
PREPARATION 2024
Where does the play take place? - CORRECT ANSWER -Oedipus's palace, Thebes
Which character begins the play? Why? - CORRECT ANSWER -Oedipus; he is what
the conflict is about
How does Oedipus introduce the citizens of Thebes? - CORRECT ANSWER -
"generations of the living in the line of Kadmos"
Who is Kadmos - CORRECT ANSWER -the founder of Thebes; killed a dragon and
became the 1st king; son of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, brother of Europa; 5 remaining
men helped him build the city
Which three characters speak in the Prologos? - CORRECT ANSWER -Oedipus,
Creon, Priest
What attitude does Oedipus assume towards the suppliants seeking him? - CORRECT
ANSWER -sympathetic, fatherly; calls them "his children"
Who is Pallas? - CORRECT ANSWER -another name for Athena, goddess of power
and wisdom; maintained law and order
Who is Apollo? - CORRECT ANSWER -god of prophecy, help and reward, and
punishment; most influential deity, son of Zeus
also called God of Truth
What does the priest ask Oedipus to do? - CORRECT ANSWER -to help save the city
from the plague
What initial step does Oedipus indicate he's already taken? - CORRECT ANSWER -
sent Creon to Delphi for direct from the Oracle
What is the significance of Delphi? - CORRECT ANSWER -celebrated in Greece
because Apollo issues his oracles here
Who is Creon? - CORRECT ANSWER -Creon is the son of Menoeceus and Jocasta's
brother. This makes him Oedipus's brother in law (and uncle as he finds out later).
What is the message from the oracle at Delphi with which Creon returns? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Apollo is angry and assassins of the King Laius must be banished
, How does Sophocles connect the Parados to scene 1? - CORRECT ANSWER -He will
answer the prayers of the people.
What is the substance of Oedipus's pledge to the people of Thebes? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Oedipus would pledge to rid the land of the murderer of Laius and asks the
audience to come forward if they know anything about the murderer.
What does Oedipus think is unlucky about Laius' fatherhood? What actually was
unlucky about Laius' fatherhood? - CORRECT ANSWER -Oedipus thinks that Laius did
not have any children. However, what was actually unlucky is that his son, Oedipus,
killed him, fulfilling the Oracle at Oedipus's birth.
Who were Labdakos and Polydorus? - CORRECT ANSWER -Labdakos was the father
of Laius and Polydorus is the father of Labdakos.
Who is the Choragos and what is his task in scene 1? - CORRECT ANSWER -The
Choragos is the chorus leader and he reflects the attitudes of the citizens of Thebes. He
is rational and objective.
What might be suggested by the fact that Oedipus had to send twice for Teiresias? -
CORRECT ANSWER -Teiresias did not want to see Oedipus because he knew what
the outcome would be.
At his entrance, how is Teiresias described by the Choragos? What effect does this
have on the audience? - CORRECT ANSWER -He is described as the holy prophet, the
sole temple of incarnate truth on earth. The audience trusts him.
In what method of augury or divination do the Ancient Greeks believe? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Greeks believed in prophecies and the gods. They believe in birds?? <-- tf
Saucier
Why does Teiresias at first refuse to tell Oedipus the truth? - CORRECT ANSWER -He
knew that the truth would destroy Oedipus.
How does Oedipus react when Teiresias reveals to him the truth? - CORRECT
ANSWER -Oedipus gets angry and doesn't believe what Teiresias tells him.
Whom does Oedipus assume is behind Teiresias' claims? Why? - CORRECT ANSWER
-Oedipus believes that Creon is behind Teiresias' claims. This is because Creon is his
brother in law and would have a right to the throne.
What comparison does Oedipus make between himself and peers like Teiresias? What
does this tell us about Oedipus? - CORRECT ANSWER -Oedipus solved the riddle of
the sphinx, so he believes he can be as clairvoyant as Teiresias. This shows how
Oedipus is arrogant and has excess hubris.
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