Oedipus Rex Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. What never took place on stage?

Correct Answer: A) Violence.

2. Ancient Greek tragedian; 496-406 BC

Correct Answer: A) Sophocles.

3. Seven (7) playwrights competed at Dionysia presenting Tragedies and Satyr play.

Correct Answer: B) FALSE.

4. Who says, "So much for prophecy. It's neither here nor there. From this day on, I wouldn't look right or left."

Correct Answer: B) Jocasta.

5. Who is the King of Thebes at the end of the play?

Correct Answer: C) Creon.

6. Responding to Oedipus' anger Tiresias hints at Oedipus'

Correct Answer: D) Tragic flaw.

7. How many of Sophocles's plays survived?

Correct Answer: C) 7.

8. Oedipus Rex is a ..... written by Sophocles.

Correct Answer: A) Greek tragedy.

9. City in Ancient Greece and setting of the tragedy of Oedipus Rex

Correct Answer: C) Thebes.

10. Most violence in Greek tragedies took place onstage.

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. Very bad; detestable; wretched

Correct Answer: B) Execrable.

12. Write the Play Oedipus Rex

Correct Answer: A) Sophocles.

13. A woman chosen by the gods through which divine advice and knowledge would be spoken

Correct Answer: C) Oracle.

14. People humbly begging for something

Correct Answer: A) Suppliants.

15. The famous drama masks may be traced to ancient Greek theatre.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

16. Limited; meager

Correct Answer: B) Scant.

17. The ..... asked the riddle: "Which creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?"

Correct Answer: A) Sphinx.

18. What does the word CALUMNY mean?

Correct Answer: B) A false defamatory statement about someone to damage their reputation.

19. Tiresias' parting line emphasizes the irony of Oedipus'

Correct Answer: B) Need for information.

20. What is the word?Definition:Excessive pride, overconfidence

Correct Answer: D) Hubris.