Oedipus Rex Test Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025

Oedipus Rex Test Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025 The legend is what? - answertragedy and drama Oedipus? - answerKing of thebes prideful character actions and words are not thought out; very rash Creon? - answerbrother of Jocasta brother-in-law of Oedipus voice of reason doesn't make cursory decisions Tiresias ? - answerblind prophet Jocasta? - answerwife of Oedipus later we find out she's his mother kills herself how many years ago did Oedipus hear his Oracle? - answer15 years What was his oracle? - answerhe would kill his father and marry his mother Where was he when he heard the oracle? - answerIn corinth. He was the son of the king and queen who he believed were his parents while trying to escape his destiny, where does Oedipus go and what happens on his way there? - answerHe tries to escape to Thebes. In his way there, he encounters he engages in a fight over the right of passage and kills an old man and the other passengers. Oedipus doesn't know that Thebes is where his real father and mother are and he has already fulfilled most of his prophecy. His decision to kill the old man (really his father) shows his rash and prideful behavior. What happens when he arrives at Thebes? - answerThere is a spine in front of the city killing those who cannot answer her riddle. Oedipus solves the riddle and saves the city. He is made the new king due to the mysterious absence of Laius and marries Jocasta, the queen who is his mother.