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Oedipus Test Review Study Guide Solutions Creon - ANSWER-I have never longed for the king's power, only the rights of the nobility. Chorus - ANSWER-I have called upon both Apollo & Bacchus to intervene to heal the city. Priest - ANSWER-I speak for the entire city of Thebes in asking Oedipus to ...

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Creon - ANSWER✔✔-I have never longed for the king's power, only the rights of the nobility.


Chorus - ANSWER✔✔-I have called upon both Apollo & Bacchus to intervene to heal the city.


Priest - ANSWER✔✔-I speak for the entire city of Thebes in asking Oedipus to find a remedy for the

plague


Jocasta - 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 - ANSWER✔✔-I begged to be sent far away to the frontier after Oedipus

became king


Sphinx - ANSWER✔✔-I am referred to as "the cruel singer," "the dark singer," and the "prosecutor"


"Where 3 roads meet" - ANSWER✔✔-This is the place of Laius' death


Corinth - ANSWER✔✔-This is the place Oedipus thinks he was born


"Robbers" - ANSWER✔✔-These are said to have attacked Laius on the road/ killed him


Attendant/Second Messenger - ANSWER✔✔-Recounts to the people of Thebes the death of Jocasta and

the self-mutilation of Oedipus


The Messenger from Corinth - ANSWER✔✔-Brings news that King Polybus is dead


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Hanging - ANSWER✔✔-Method by which Jocasta commits suicide


Chorus - ANSWER✔✔-One who comforts Oedipus as he emerges from the palace after blinding himself

and finding Jocasta dead


Exile - ANSWER✔✔-Oedipus' punishment he meted out to himself in accordance with his earlier

proclamation


To care for his daughters - ANSWER✔✔-Personal promise and request that Oedipus asks of Creon


Creon - ANSWER✔✔-New King of Thebes


No one should take the comfort of their lives for granted - ANSWER✔✔-Final caution of the chorus at the

exit of the play


The shepherd/herdsman from Thebes


Incorrect - ANSWER✔✔-Tells how the queen sent her son to die in the mountains and he saved him


Gouging out his eyes - ANSWER✔✔-method of self-mutilation by oedipus


Pride will bring man's downfall and will be punished by the gods - ANSWER✔✔-a continuing motif

throughout the play


Where was Oedipus really born/left to die? - ANSWER✔✔-Cithaeron


Who gave both Oedipus' prophecy and the answer to Thebes? - ANSWER✔✔-the Oracle of Delphi


Who told Oedipus that Polybus was dead? - ANSWER✔✔-the Corinthian Shepherd


Who found Oedipus when he was a baby and left Jocasta as a servant when he saw Oedipus become

King? - ANSWER✔✔-the Theban Shepherd/ Laius' Old Servant


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