Oedipus Test Review UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Oedipus Test Review UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Creon - CORRECT ANSWER- I have never longed for the king's power, only the rights
of the nobility.
Chorus - CORRECT ANSWER- I have called upon both Apollo & Bacchus to intervene
to heal the city.
Priest - CORRECT ANSWER-...
Oedipus Test Review UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Creon - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔I have never longed for the king's power, only the rights
of the nobility.
Chorus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔I have called upon both Apollo & Bacchus to intervene
to heal the city.
Priest - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔I speak for the entire city of Thebes in asking Oedipus to
find a remedy for the plague
Jocasta - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔I try to comfort Oedipus by telling of the death of a son
and of the failure of his prophecy coming true
Surviving Servant/Shepherd - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔I begged to be sent far away to the
frontier after Oedipus became king
Sphinx - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔I am referred to as "the cruel singer," "the dark singer,"
and the "prosecutor"
"Where 3 roads meet" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔This is the place of Laius' death
Corinth - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔This is the place Oedipus thinks he was born
"Robbers" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔These are said to have attacked Laius on the road/
killed him
Attendant/Second Messenger - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Recounts to the people of Thebes
the death of Jocasta and the self-mutilation of Oedipus
, The Messenger from Corinth - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Brings news that King Polybus is
dead
Hanging - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Method by which Jocasta commits suicide
Chorus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔One who comforts Oedipus as he emerges from the
palace after blinding himself and finding Jocasta dead
Exile - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Oedipus' punishment he meted out to himself in
accordance with his earlier proclamation
To care for his daughters - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Personal promise and request that
Oedipus asks of Creon
Creon - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔New King of Thebes
No one should take the comfort of their lives for granted - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Final
caution of the chorus at the exit of the play
The shepherd/herdsman from Thebes
Incorrect - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tells how the queen sent her son to die in the
mountains and he saved him
Gouging out his eyes - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔method of self-mutilation by oedipus
Pride will bring man's downfall and will be punished by the gods - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔a continuing motif throughout the play
Where was Oedipus really born/left to die? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Cithaeron
Who gave both Oedipus' prophecy and the answer to Thebes? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔the Oracle of Delphi
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