This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Greek Classics > Oedipus Rex > Oedipus Rex – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Oedipus Rex Quiz 4 (13 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Jocasta realize at the end of Scene 3? A) That she can't have any more children. B) That Laius's ghost has been haunting Thebes this whole time. C) That Oedipus is her son. D) That she married an insane man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That Oedipus is her son. 2. Which statement is NOT TRUE about Sophocles. A) He broke the tradition of trilogies. B) He added a third character in the play. C) He expanded the chorus to fifteen people and increased its importance in the play. D) He added scenery to his plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He expanded the chorus to fifteen people and increased its importance in the play. 3. To roam about and raid A) Engender. B) Pilgrimage. C) Parry. D) Marauding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marauding. 4. This GIF represents which vocabulary word? A) Chaplets. B) Oracle. C) Pyre. D) Liberator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oracle. 5. Define duplicity A) Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. B) Someone who attacks in search of goods or money. C) A petty misdeed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. 6. Who does Oedipus want to see next? (because obviously, he still doesn't know the truth ..... ) A) Corinth's Shepherd. B) Thebes' Servant. C) Creon. D) Jocasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thebes' Servant. 7. What does the word PROFUSION mean? A) A disaster. B) A large quantity of something. C) A large waterfall. D) To praise of boast about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A large quantity of something. 8. Deaths could be depicted on stage in ancient Greek theatre. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 9. What does the word OUTSTRIPPING mean? A) To exceed or surpass. B) To praise or boast about. C) A person that's suppose to be able to foresee the future. D) To dispute or call into question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To exceed or surpass. 10. A song or chant spoken by the Chorus that reflects on the events of the episodes, and alternates with the Episodes/Scenes. A) Exit. B) Ode. C) Prologue. D) Stopped. E) Episode/Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ode. 11. Which word best describes Creon's attitude toward Oedipus in Oedipus Rex? A) Cruel. B) Compassionate. C) Worshipful. D) Envious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compassionate. 12. What was the job of the Chorus A) To explain the action. B) To spoil the play. C) To exaggerate the action. D) To persuade the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To explain the action. 13. ..... is a purge or big release of emotions A) Crying. B) Catharsis. C) Hubris. D) Hamartia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catharsis. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesOedipus Rex Quiz 1Oedipus Rex Quiz 2Oedipus Rex Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books