Oedipus, The King
By Sophocles
Multiple Choice: I will
tell you the choices,
you will tell me the
letter.
Who is Creon?
Who does Oedipus send to Delphi to learn
how to save Thebes?
Who is Laius?
No one attempted to find the truth about
what happened to Laius because:
What promise does Oedipus make to
anyone who comes forward with
information about Laius’s murder?
Who does the Chorus suggest could help
Oedipus locate the whereabouts of the
murderer?
Who does the prophet finally reveal as the
murderer of King Laius?
Oedipus berates his people with regard to
King Laius because:
Multiple Choice: I will
tell you the choices,
you will tell me the
letter.
Why is Creon upset at the opening of Scene
2?
What is Oedipus’s reaction to hearing that
Laius was killed in a place where the three
highways met?
Why had Oedipus fled Corinth many years
before?
According to Ode II, what can be said about
the hearts of mortals?
Multiple Choice: I will
tell you the choices,
you will tell me the
letter.
How does Oedipus react to the Corinthian
messenger’s news?
Who does Oedipus claim to still fear in
Corinth?
What revelation does the messenger make
to Oedipus?
Who begs Oedipus to forget about finding
the truth of his parentage?
Whose “great days [are] like ghosts gone?
Multiple Choice: I will
tell you the choices,
you will tell me the
letter.
How did the shepherd and the messenger
know each other?
How does the shepherd react when the
messenger states that King Oedipus was
the baby the shepherd had given him?
Who had originally given the infant to the
shepherd?
Multiple Choice: I will
tell you the choices,
you will tell me the
letter.
What news does the second messenger
bring?
What takes the messenger’s attention
away from the sin in the Queen’s room?
What does Oedipus do after he held
Jocasta in his arms?
What finally becomes of Oedipus?
On this test you will be required to
write ONE paragraph and cite at
least 3 examples or evidence to
support your topic sentence.
Be sure to STUDY FOR THE TEST! Bring a #2
pencil and pen, please.