Parados – Chorus
Authored by Iyannah A
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Oedipus charges Teiresias with intending the “wreck the state” (Sophocles 20). Where have you encountered this metaphor earlier in the play?
Oedipus is living with being intimate with his partner, but this is shameful because his partner is his mother, which is his “nearest and dearest”
He explains that he would never overthrow Oedipus since he has a lot of power and he is also treated like a king
Oedipus's wife
All of the above
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What suspicion does Oedipus begin to harbor about Creon?
Oedipus does not care
He is joyful
He thinks that Creon is attempting to steal the throne.
Creon killed Laius
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Where does Athene keep her famous throne?
In Apollo's temple
In the Market Ring
Saint Juan
None of these places
All of these places
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
It is said by the Chorus that Apollo has saved the city of Thebes once in the past. What crisis is the Chorus referring to?
The Crisis of Thebes
The Sphinx Crisis
There was no crisis. Crisis is used as a metaphor.
The Crisis of the Sphinx
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Oedipus tells Tiresias "You have no power or truth you are blind your ears as well as eyes," What does he mean by this? What literary device is the author using?
He is implying that Tiresias is old and ignorant. The literary device used is ambiguity.
He is implying that Tiresias is wise. The literary device used is metahpor.
He is implying that Tiresias is lying and he is unintelligent. The literary device used is verbal irony.
He is implying that Tiresias is losing his senses. The author uses no literary device.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does Teiresias mean by the additional charge that “without knowing it you are living in shameful intimacy with your nearest and dearest” (Sophocles 22)?
Teiresias means that Oedipus had been intimate with his own mother.
Teiresias means that Oedipus had murdered his father.
Teiresias means that Oedipus had as a dark past that his turned him into a shameful person.
Teiresias means that Oedipus has no respect for his elders.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How is it also clear in Oedipus’ failure to understand why Teiresias was not able to answer the riddle of the Sphinx?
Triumph since he knows that his father's death was not by his hand.
He gets really motivated and will do whatever it takes to get what he needs.
He didn't want to start problems and tell the truth right to oedipus's face.
He fails to understand Teiresias' statement and he doesn’t see the truth as well as they do.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
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