Oedipus Rex Test Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers

Oedipus Rex Test Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers What characteristics of Oedipus are you aware of after he gives the opening speech? - answerKind -hearted, giving help to others, trustworthy, hero, respected What problem is afflicting Thebes at this time? - answerCitizen are dying, plague, crops are dying, mother dying in labor, children are dying Why have the Priest and many citizen gathered to Oedipus? How does the Chorus feel about Oedipus? - answerThey want to ask Oedipus for help , to save them The Chorus sees Oedipus as a hero/ savior/ first of men Why does Oedipus believe that o one is sick as he is? - answerat night he could not sleep because he has to deal with the problems that he has been given and he does not know what to do What action has Oedipus taken to find an answer to the city's problem? - answerHe sent Creon, Oedipus's wife own brother, to Delphi When Creon arrives from Delphi, what does Oedipus insist that he do? Why? - answerHe insist to tell everyone what Apollo told him, He wants people of Thebes to know as well. What does Creon report from the Oracle? - answerHe reports that the former King Laius died, and Apollo wants to find the murder , thats what caused the plague What is Oedipus reaction to Creon's information? - answerOedipus wants revenge What happened to Laius, the former King? How did the city receive an account of the event? - answerThe King was killed by thieves, A fellow traveler saw what happen What theory does Oedipus immediately develop about Laius's death? - answerHe assume that someone is going to kill him next What does Oedipus promise to do? Why, according to Oedipus, must his resolution be strong? - answerOedipus promise to get rid of this corruption in the city of Thebes. His resolution mus be strong for his people