This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > Oedipus Rex > Oedipus Rex – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Oedipus Rex Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define reverent A) Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration. B) To evade or avoid. C) A sense of impending evil or misfortune. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration. 2. What does the word PRIMEVAL mean? A) Badly conceived, designed, or planned. B) A large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession. C) Resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world. D) A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world. 3. Which character's tragic flaw is their inability to accept their fate, both literally and metaphorically? A) Oedipus. B) Jocasta. C) Tiresias. D) Creon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oedipus. 4. What does the word EXCOMMUNICATE mean? A) Being sent away from a country or place as punishment. B) Something that causes pain or suffering. C) Badly conceived, designed or planned. D) To exclude someone from participation in the church. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To exclude someone from participation in the church. 5. Tiresias' calling Oedipus blind is both A) Metaphoric and prophetic. B) Literal and figurative. C) Insulting and insolent. D) Comic and suspenseful. E) Impolitic and treasonous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphoric and prophetic. 6. What is the "good" news that the messenger tells Oedipus? A) Oedipus was adopted. B) Merope has died so he doesn't have to worry about marrying her. C) Oedipus is lucky because he gets the throne next. D) Oedipus actually has an older brother who will take the throne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oedipus was adopted. 7. A mythological creature that has the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird; she is cruel and merciless; she killed and ate those who could not answer her riddle; when Oedipus solved the riddle, she threw herself from a high rock and died. A) Sphinx. B) Sophocles. C) Oedipus. D) Delphi. E) Thebes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sphinx. 8. The brother-in-law of Oedipus who became the King at the end of the play A) Antigone. B) Polybus. C) Creon. D) Tiresias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creon. 9. Define cancerous A) Evil or malignant (spreads destructively). B) The state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored. C) One fallen from grace or honor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evil or malignant (spreads destructively). 10. Make known through divine inspiration. A) Reveals. B) Faction. C) Pilgrimage. D) Oracle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reveals. 11. Who are Oedipus's birth parents? A) Polybos and Merope. B) Choragos and Shepherd. C) Laius and Iocaste. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laius and Iocaste. 12. What is a Civic Duty in Greek Culture? A) Participating in Theater. B) Participating in Politics. C) Participating in Prayer. D) Participating in Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Participating in Theater. 13. The previous king of Thebes who was killed at the "meeting of three roads" ? A) Oedipus Rex. B) Polybus. C) Creon. D) Width. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Width. 14. This word means excessive pride, overconfidence A) Hamartia. B) Catharsis. C) Tragic flaw. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hubris. 15. What does the word PENDULUM mean? A) A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward,. B) A large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession. C) A large waterfall. D) The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward,. 16. Oedipus' tragic flaw or hamartia was his ..... A) Greek tragedy. B) Tragic flaw. C) Oracle. D) Hubris. E) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hubris. 17. What role does fate play in the life decisions of an individual? A) It serves as a guide for an individual's decisions throughout their life. B) It is a warning that goes unheeded, leading to unforeseen consequences. C) It is a source of hope for people, promising a better future. D) It is a red herring that misleads individuals about the outcomes of their choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a warning that goes unheeded, leading to unforeseen consequences. 18. What tragic flaw leads to a successful entrepreneur's downfall? A) Greed. B) Envy. C) Pride. D) Sloth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pride. 19. King of Thebes; his name means "swollen foot" A) Sphinx. B) Oedipus. C) Thebes. D) Theban. E) Apollo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oedipus. 20. What does the word DELIVERANCE mean? A) Something that causes pain or suffering. B) To exceed or surpass. C) The act of being rescued or set free. D) To praise or boast about. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The act of being rescued or set free. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesOedipus Rex Quiz 1Oedipus Rex Quiz 2Oedipus Rex Quiz 3Oedipus 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