OEDIPUS REX EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Who is the central figure and tragic hero? - Answers :Oedipus
Who is the king at the end of the play? - Answers :Creon
Who is the old, blind prophet/seer who tells Oedipus of his fate? - Answers :Tiresias
Who is the spokesperson for the people at the play's beginning? - Answers :Priest
Who was married to Laius? - Answers :Jocasta
What does the chorus stand for in the play? - Answers :the conscious of the community
At the beginning of the play, what kind of king is Oedipus? - Answers :a popular ruler
who was concerned for his people
Why was Oedipus asked to be king of Thebes? - Answers :he killed the Sphinx
Why does Jocasta tell Oedipus about her first son? - Answers :to show the prophets are
false
Why did Oedipus kill Laius? - Answers :he treated Oedipus roughly
At the finale (end of the play), what does Jocasta do after hearing the truth of the
oracle's prediction? - Answers :hangs herself
In this play, what is physical blindness of sign of? - Answers :ignorance
Why is there a plague in Thebes? - Answers :the gods are angry
What did a Delphi oracle warn Oedipus about? - Answers :he will murder his father and
marry his mother
What does Oedipus think Creon wants? - Answers :the throne
What does Tiresias predict about Oedipus? - Answers :"see" only when Oedipus is blind
How does Oedipus feel after he learns that Polybus has died? - Answers :he feels
relieved because the prophecy that he'll kill his father isn't true
Oedipus Rex - Answers :King of Thebes; murdered King Laius (his father) and married
his mother (Jocasta)
Jocasta - Answers :King Laius' wife; Oedipus' mother, but also wife...
Who is the central figure and tragic hero? - Answers :Oedipus
Who is the king at the end of the play? - Answers :Creon
Who is the old, blind prophet/seer who tells Oedipus of his fate? - Answers :Tiresias
Who is the spokesperson for the people at the play's beginning? - Answers :Priest
Who was married to Laius? - Answers :Jocasta
What does the chorus stand for in the play? - Answers :the conscious of the community
At the beginning of the play, what kind of king is Oedipus? - Answers :a popular ruler
who was concerned for his people
Why was Oedipus asked to be king of Thebes? - Answers :he killed the Sphinx
Why does Jocasta tell Oedipus about her first son? - Answers :to show the prophets are
false
Why did Oedipus kill Laius? - Answers :he treated Oedipus roughly
At the finale (end of the play), what does Jocasta do after hearing the truth of the
oracle's prediction? - Answers :hangs herself
In this play, what is physical blindness of sign of? - Answers :ignorance
Why is there a plague in Thebes? - Answers :the gods are angry
What did a Delphi oracle warn Oedipus about? - Answers :he will murder his father and
marry his mother
What does Oedipus think Creon wants? - Answers :the throne
What does Tiresias predict about Oedipus? - Answers :"see" only when Oedipus is blind
How does Oedipus feel after he learns that Polybus has died? - Answers :he feels
relieved because the prophecy that he'll kill his father isn't true
Oedipus Rex - Answers :King of Thebes; murdered King Laius (his father) and married
his mother (Jocasta)
Jocasta - Answers :King Laius' wife; Oedipus' mother, but also wife...
