OEDIPUS REX TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
______ the King is considered the dramatic masterpiece of all ancient tragedy. -
Answers :Oedipus
Oedipus' wife as well as his mother. - Answers :Jocasta
"Oedipus" means. - Answers :"swollen foot"
Older daughter of Oedipus. - Answers :Antigone
How many daughters does Oedipus have? - Answers :Two
______ told Oedipus he's both father and brother to his own children. - Answers
:Tiresias
Brother of Jocasta. - Answers :Creon
Baby Oedipus had these pinned together. - Answers :Ankles
Oedipus wanted to be left on Mt. ________, where his parents had intended him to die.
- Answers :Cithaeron
Sophocles composed plays for the annual spring festival for this god. - Answers
:Dionysus
Oedipus asked Creon to watch over his two _________. - Answers :Daughters
Younger daughter of Oedipus. - Answers :Ismene
The play opens with a procession of these to the alter. - Answers :Priests
The Thebans begged Oedipus to help them find relief from this. - Answers :Plague
Oedipus saved Thebes by answering this monster's riddle. - Answers :Sphinx
The Greek actors wore these. - Answers :Masks
The messenger from here told Oedipus his father was dead. - Answers :Corinth
Oedipus blinded himself with these. - Answers :Pins
Jocasta killed herself by _______. - Answers :Hanging
Ancient city ruled by Oedipus for many years. - Answers :Thebes
______ the King is considered the dramatic masterpiece of all ancient tragedy. -
Answers :Oedipus
Oedipus' wife as well as his mother. - Answers :Jocasta
"Oedipus" means. - Answers :"swollen foot"
Older daughter of Oedipus. - Answers :Antigone
How many daughters does Oedipus have? - Answers :Two
______ told Oedipus he's both father and brother to his own children. - Answers
:Tiresias
Brother of Jocasta. - Answers :Creon
Baby Oedipus had these pinned together. - Answers :Ankles
Oedipus wanted to be left on Mt. ________, where his parents had intended him to die.
- Answers :Cithaeron
Sophocles composed plays for the annual spring festival for this god. - Answers
:Dionysus
Oedipus asked Creon to watch over his two _________. - Answers :Daughters
Younger daughter of Oedipus. - Answers :Ismene
The play opens with a procession of these to the alter. - Answers :Priests
The Thebans begged Oedipus to help them find relief from this. - Answers :Plague
Oedipus saved Thebes by answering this monster's riddle. - Answers :Sphinx
The Greek actors wore these. - Answers :Masks
The messenger from here told Oedipus his father was dead. - Answers :Corinth
Oedipus blinded himself with these. - Answers :Pins
Jocasta killed herself by _______. - Answers :Hanging
Ancient city ruled by Oedipus for many years. - Answers :Thebes
