Oedipus Study Guide UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Oedipus Study Guide UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does Oedipus want to know from the Elder? - CORRECT ANSWER- the problems
of the people
According to the priest, what is happening throughout Thebes? - CORRECT ANSWER-
plaque, sick herd...
What does the priest want Oe...
Oedipus Study Guide UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does Oedipus want to know from the Elder? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the problems
of the people
According to the priest, what is happening throughout Thebes? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔plaque, sick herd...
What does the priest want Oedipus to do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔find saftey and fix
their problems in Thebes
Where and on what mission has Oedipus sent Creon? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to
Apollo's oracle at Delphi on how to stop the plague
According to Creon, why does Thees suffer? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔to end the plague,
the merder of Laius must be found and expelled from Thebes; they havent found the killer yet
According to Creaon, what is the problem in finding witnesses or getting to the root of the
problem? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Everyone except one witness was killed and he only
remembers one thing
What is Oedipus' attitude about breaking this plauge? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔he wants
to protect himself by killing the murderer
According to the chorus, what are the conditions in the city? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔the
plague is bad and only getting worse
For what do the chorus pray and to whom? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔they pray to Apollo,
Athena, and Artemis to end the plague and save thebes
What is ironic about Oedipus' claim that he is "stranger to the story?" - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔it's dramatic irony because the audience knows he laius
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