This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > Oedipus Rex > Oedipus Rex – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Oedipus Rex Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the king at the end of the play? A) Creon. B) Tiresias. C) Oedipus. D) Antigone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creon. 2. What belief is closely related to Ancient Greek Beliefs? A) Mexico's Beliefs In Death. B) Cuba's Beliefs In Death. C) America's Belief In Death. D) Latin Beliefs In Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mexico's Beliefs In Death. 3. What is ironic about Oedipus' appeal to Tiresias? A) Oedipus does not really want to know the truth. B) Tiresias already knows the truth. C) Oedipus believes knowing the truth will help him. D) Tiresias' answer will anger Oedipus. E) Oedipus threatens to punish Lauis' murderers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oedipus believes knowing the truth will help him. 4. According to Mrs. Beck (and anyone else who reads the play), what is a significant theme of the play? A) Joy in the midst of distress. B) Hope in the midst of disaster. C) Love in the midst of hate. D) Blindness in contrast to sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blindness in contrast to sight. 5. How does understanding one's fate ahead of time contribute to the complexity of life decisions? A) It creates a sense of suspense that keeps the individual engaged with their choices. B) It emphasizes the gap between what one knows about their future and what they understand in the present. C) It makes the individual's choices more relatable to others facing similar predicaments. D) It provides comic relief in an otherwise serious contemplation of fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It emphasizes the gap between what one knows about their future and what they understand in the present. 6. Who is the speaker of the following quote, "Not if you see things calmly, rationally, as I do." A) Creon. B) Oedipus. C) Tiresias. D) Jocasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creon. 7. At the beginning of Scene 3, why does Jocasta want Oedipus to stop looking into the prophecies? A) She thinks prophecies are stupid. B) She wants Oedipus to focus on ruling Thebes. C) She knows the truth and doesn't want Oedipus to find out. D) She wishes Creon would be exiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She thinks prophecies are stupid. 8. What does the word SPATE mean? A) A large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession. B) A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward,. C) Without due or reasonable consideration. D) Hatefully or shockingly evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession. 9. Oedipus cursed the ..... who saved him from death A) Slave. B) Waiter. C) Messenger. D) Shepherd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shepherd. 10. What made Athens Unique? A) Democratic and Forward Thinking. B) Womens Rights. C) Freedom Of Expression. D) War Like People. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democratic and Forward Thinking. 11. Who says, "I think I've just called a dreadful curse upon myself ..... I simply didn't know!" A) Jocasta. B) Oedipus. C) Creon. D) Messenger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oedipus. 12. What does the word SOOTHSAYER mean? A) A person that's suppose to be able to foresee the future. B) The action of foretelling or prophesying future events. C) A mystical spirit of nature like a maiden that inhabits woods, rivers or other locations. D) A weight hung from a fixed point that swings backwards and forwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person that's suppose to be able to foresee the future. 13. Who says, "Stop ..... in the name of god, if you love your own life, call off this search! My suffering is enough!" A) Jocasta. B) Creon. C) Oedipus. D) Tiresias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jocasta. 14. Creon consulted an ..... to help aid in ridding Thebes of the plague. A) Greek tragedy. B) Tragic flaw. C) Oracle. D) Hamartia. E) Sphinx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oracle. 15. What does the word SUPPLICATION mean? A) A humble request. B) A passionate expression of grief or sorrow. C) A large quantity of something. D) The act of being rescued or set free. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A humble request. 16. What does the word NYMPH mean? A) A passionate expression of grief or sorrow. B) A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations. C) The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means. D) A woman who uses magic or sorcery, especially to put someone or something under a spell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations. 17. Define parry A) To evade or avoid. B) A sense of impending evil or misfortune. C) The quality of deserving abhorrence or disgust. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To evade or avoid. 18. What does Iocaste do with her baby? A) Keep it. B) Send it with the shepherd. C) She didn't have a baby. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Send it with the shepherd. 19. What is one word to describe Sophocles's life? A) Privileged. B) Difficult. C) Exciting. D) Fruitful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Privileged. 20. What was the seating area of a Greek Theater called? A) Theatron. B) Seating. C) Floor. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theatron. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesOedipus Rex Quiz 1Oedipus Rex Quiz 3Oedipus Rex Quiz 4Oedipus Rex Quiz 5Oedipus Rex Quiz 6Oedipus Rex Quiz 7Oedipus Rex Quiz 8Oedipus Rex Quiz 9Oedipus Rex Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books