Test Review Key
Be Able to Define the Following:
1.
Oedipus Complex- a stage in child development in which little boys adore their
mothers.
2.
“Oedipus”- Swollen Foot
3.
Dramatic Irony- occurs when the audience knows more than the characters.
1.
Sophocles is the author of Oedipus Rex.
2.
Teiresias is a blind prophet.
Foundations of Sophomore English
Drahouzal/Finizio
Test Date: 11/23/04
“Oedipus Rex”
3.
Creon is Oedipus’ brother-in-law.
4.
Choragos is the head of the Chorus.
5.
Laios is the king of Thebes before Oedipus.
6.
Iocaste is the wife of Oedipus.
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Who does Oedipus send to see the Oracle? Creon
8.
What does the Oracle tell Creon? That everything will be okay if they find the murder of Laios.
9.
The oracle is a priestess who speaks for the god of Apollo. .
10.
Oedipus becomes King of Thebes by solving the riddle of the Sphinx. .
11.
Why do the people of Thebes come to Oedipus’ castle?
To ask Oedipus to lift the curse plaguing the city.
12.
Why hadn’t the murder of King Laois been solved?
Because the Sphinx started eating the people of Thebes.
13.
Teiresias tells Oedipus that he is the killer he seeks.
14.
Oedipus thinks that his mother is Merope , the Queen of Corinth.
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Oedipus thinks that his father is Polybos , the king of Corinth.

16.
Why did Laois get rid of his son? Because an oracle told Laois that his son would kill him.
17.
Oedipus was abandoned in the mountains .
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Why did Oedipus leave Corinth? Because the oracle said Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother.
19.
In Greek drama, all the actors were men.
20.
Oedipus stabs his eyes with his wife’s brooch .