English Unit 6: Oedipus Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
What danger threatens the city of Thebes? (Part 1) - Correct answer-An epidemic
of the plague
What instructions does Creon receive from the oracle? (Part 1) - Correct answer-
Thebes must punish the murderer of King Laius
When Teiresias appears before Oedipus, what claims does he state? (Part 1) -
Correct answer-He claims that Laius was Oedipus' father & he claims that Oedipus
murdered Laius
What causes the quarrel between Creon and Oedipus? - Correct answer-Oedipus
believes that Creon wants to seize the thrown
Jocasta tells Oedipus what she knows about Laius' murder. Which incident in her
story does Oedipus recognize as an action he carried out in his own past? - Correct
answer-The murder of a group of men at a junction of three roads
Which is the most reasonable inference to draw about what kind of king Oedipus
is? - Correct answer-Responsible and considerate
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Questions and Answers
What danger threatens the city of Thebes? (Part 1) - Correct answer-An epidemic
of the plague
What instructions does Creon receive from the oracle? (Part 1) - Correct answer-
Thebes must punish the murderer of King Laius
When Teiresias appears before Oedipus, what claims does he state? (Part 1) -
Correct answer-He claims that Laius was Oedipus' father & he claims that Oedipus
murdered Laius
What causes the quarrel between Creon and Oedipus? - Correct answer-Oedipus
believes that Creon wants to seize the thrown
Jocasta tells Oedipus what she knows about Laius' murder. Which incident in her
story does Oedipus recognize as an action he carried out in his own past? - Correct
answer-The murder of a group of men at a junction of three roads
Which is the most reasonable inference to draw about what kind of king Oedipus
is? - Correct answer-Responsible and considerate
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