Oedipus the King Quiz

Why did Oedipus return to Thebes?

• There was a plague on the city

• He wanted to take his place as King

• He wanted to find his parents

• The people asked him to

Why did the King and Queen of Thebes leave Oedipus on the mountainside?

• They didn't want a child

• They received an oracle that Oedipus was to kill his father

• Oedipus was a trouble child and never listened

• The city was in distress and they wanted to keep him from the miserable conditions

What does Oedipus mean?

• Little Prince

• Swollen foot

• Mighty one

When will the Plague on Thebes end?

• When Oedipus retakes the throne

• When Tiresias gives Oedipus his oracle

• When the Sphinx is defeated

• When Laius's murderer is found

What punishment does Oedipus assign to the murderer?

• Death

• Exile

• Public flogging

• Tar and feathering

Who does Tiresias accuse of killing the King?

• Oedipus

• Jocasta

• Foreigners

• Creon

What literary device does Sophocles exemplify in this tragedy?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Dramatic Irony

• Assonance

Does Jocasta believe Tiresias's accusations of Oedipus?

• Yes

• No

What does the Messenger inform Oedipus of?

• The true murderer of Laius

• Oedipus's true relation to Polybus and Merope

• Tiresias's validity as a prophet

• The plague has killed many

What happens to Jocasta at the end of the play?

• She divorces Oedipus

• She goes into exile

• She reveals that she killed Laius

• She hangs herself