Oedipus- Final Test Questions And Answers

Oedipus - collect answer-King of Thebes Creon - collect answer-Jocasta's brother Jocasta - collect answer-Oedipus' wife and mother Teiresias - collect answer-Blind prophet What was the original prediction from the oracle at Delphi that caused Oedipus to leave his home in Corinth? - collect answer-That he was fated to lie with his mother and show to daylight an accursed breed to which men would not endure, and he was doomed to be murdered of the father When Oedipus first arrived in Thebes, how does he save the city? - collect answer-He solved the riddle from the Sphinx At the beginning of the play, the chorus asks Oedipus to help solve the problems that are besetting Thebes. What are they? - collect answer-A blight on the fields of food and cattle, on the woman that no children are being born, and the Black Death When Creon returns from Adelphi, what news does he bring to Oedipus? - collect answer-The murder of Laius is still in Thebes