Oedipus the King Test Exam With Complete solutions 2024

Oedipus th e King Test Exam With Complete solutions 2024 Oedipus' biological father - answer✔✔Laius Oedipus' adoptive father - answer✔✔Polybus Oedipus' biological mother - answer✔✔Jocasta Oedipus' adoptive mother - answer✔✔Merone Where was Oedipus born? - answer✔✔Thebes Where did Oedipus live with his adoptive parents? - answer✔✔Corinth What does Oedipus do when he finds out he is adopted? - answer✔✔He goes to the Oracle of Delphi Why did Oedipus leave Corinth? - answer✔✔Apollo told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother Where does Oedipus kill Laius? - answer✔✔"where three roads meet" What is the riddle of the Sphinx that Oedipus solved? - answer✔✔Q: What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening? A: man What is the blind prophet's name? - answer✔✔Tiresias Who is Creon? - answer✔✔Oedipus' uncle & brother -in-law who holds the same amount of power with no title until the end of the play when he becomes king Is this play about fate? - answer✔✔Yes, but not only about fate because Oedipus also did things that weren't prophesized (most importantly blinding himself) What is the setting of the play? - answer✔✔the front of Oedipus' palace in The bes What is the meaning of Oedipus' name? - answer✔✔swollen foot role of Messenger 1 - answer✔✔he tells Oedipus that his "father" Polybus is dead; also the one to take him down to Corinth role of Messenger 2 - answer✔✔he comes from inside the palace and de scribes Jocasta's suicide and Oedipus' blinding