Oedipus Rex Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved
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Oedipus Rex Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Who is Oedipus?
The king of Thebes
Oedipus left Corinth , the home of his youth, in an effort to avoid...
Fulfilling a terrible prediction
Why are the people of Thebes in despair at the beginning of the play?
A plague is killing...
Oedipus Rex Final Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
Who is Oedipus?
The king of Thebes
Oedipus left Corinth , the home of his youth, in an effort to avoid...
Fulfilling a terrible prediction
Why are the people of Thebes in despair at the beginning of the play?
A plague is killing the people and livestock
How had Oedipus saved Thebes once before?
By answering a riddle and killing the sphinx
Creon learns what is causing the city's current troubles from...
The oracle at Delphi
What is the cause of the city's troubles?
The city has been sheltering a murderer
Who is Tiresias?
A blind prophet
According to Tiresias, who killed King Laius?
Oedipus
Who, along with Tiresias is accused of conspiring for the throne of Thebes?
Creon
At the beginning of part 2, what important news does the messenger from Corinth bring Oedipus?
King Polybus has died
Upon hearing the news, Oedipus still fears the prediction about...
His mother
What truth does Oedipus learn from the shepherd?
Laius and Jocasta are his real parents.
What eventually happens to Jocasta?
She hangs herself
What does Oedipus, in his sorrow and shame do?
He blinds himslef
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