Parados – Chorus

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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What is the important question Oedipus asks Teiresias, and why is this question significant?

• He asked if he was adobted. This is a significant part of him finding out who his true parents are.

• He asked who his parents are. This is a significant part of his quest to find out that the prophecy had actually come true.

• He asked if Teiresias knows about the prophecy. This is a significant part of him discovering who his parents are.

• He asked if Teiresias was close with his parents. This is a significant part of him discovering what the prophecy is.

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What does the Chorus ask of the Gods Athene, Artemis, and Phoebus (Apollo)?

• Find our enemy, lord of the thunder! Let them be banished from Thebes!

• Punish our enemy, Gods of thunder! Let them be cleft (split, divided, or partially divided into two) by lightning from heaven!

• Destroy our enemy, lord of the thunder! Let him be riven (split or tear apart violently) by lightning from heaven!

• None of these are correct

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Oedipus’s father is Laius.

• True

• False

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