1: Oedipus is the king of which city?
a. Athens
b. Thrace
c. Thebes
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2: What does the oracle say must be done in order to save the city from the plague?
a. The murderer of the past king must be discovered.
b. Creon must murder his brother-in-law, Oedipus.
c. Oedipus must sacrifice his daughter, Antigone.
d. Jocasta must marry her brother.
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3: Who is revealed to be Oedipus’ mother?
a. Ismene
b. Merope
c. Jocasta
d. Antigone
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4: Who is Oedipus’ father?
a. Laius
b. Polybus
c. Apollo
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5: What does Oedipus do when he finds out the truth about his birth?
a. He kills his father.
b. He blinds himself.
c. He kills his wife.
d. He sets fire to his palace.
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6: When Oedipus and Antigone arrive at Colonus, who is the King of Athens who grants Oedipus citizenship?
a. Polynices
b. Polybus
c. Theseus
d. Creon
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7: Why does Creon come to Colonus and take Oedipus’ daughters hostage?
a. He is trying to secure Antigone’s hand in marriage.
b. He is trying to force Oedipus to return to Thebes.
c. He has been ordered by the prophet to do so.
d. He is punishing them for revealing the oracle to their father.
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8: What prophecy does Oedipus tell to Polynices?
a. that he will become king
b. that Polynices will marry his mother
c. that Polynices and Eteocles will kill each other
d. that Creon will kill Polynices and Eteocles
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9: Who witnesses Oedipus’ death?
a. Creon
b. Theseus
c. Ismene
d. Antigone
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10: Whom does Creon decree shall not be buried but left to rot?
a. Polynices
b. Eteocles
c. Haemon
d. Theseus
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11: What is Antigone’s main argument for attempting to violate Creon’s decree?
a. that the dead man is actually Creon’s son
b. that Creon doesn’t know the truth surrounding the death
c. that leaving the body to rot will start a war
d. that the decree goes against the laws of the gods
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12: Who tries to convince Creon not to execute Antigone and her sister?
a. Haemon
b. Eurydice
c. Theseus
d. Agamemnon
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13: Who is dead at the end of Antigone?
a. Haemon, Antigone, and Eurydice
b. Haemon, Antigone, and Creon
c. Haemon, Tiresias, and Creon
d. Haemon, Eurydice, and Creon
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14: Who says the following: “Blind who now has eyes, beggar who now is rich, he will grope his way toward a foreign soil, a stick tapping before him step by step.”
a. Tiresias
b. Oedipus
c. Creon
d. Antigone
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15: Who says the following: “What should a man fear? It’s all chance, chance rules our lives. Not a man on earth can see a day ahead, groping through the dark. Better to live at random, best we can.”
a. Tiresias
b. Jocasta
c. Antigone
d. Oedipus
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