This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > Oedipus Rex > Oedipus Rex – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Oedipus Rex Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What news does the messenger bring to Thebes from Corinth? A) Merope has had another child. B) They are starting a war between cities. C) Polybus has died of natural causes. D) They need Oedipus to come back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polybus has died of natural causes. 2. The Adoptive parents of Oedipus. A) Lauis and Jocasta. B) Polybus and Merope. C) Lauis and Merope. D) Polybus and Jocasta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polybus and Merope. 3. A plague A) Parricide. B) Parry. C) Pestilence. D) Perquisites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pestilence. 4. An inhabitant of the Greek city of Thebes A) Sophocles. B) Sphinx. C) Oedipus. D) Delphi. E) Theban. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Theban. 5. Define disgrace A) One fallen from grace or honor. B) A hositle encounter or brutal attack. C) Evil or malignant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One fallen from grace or honor. 6. Define renowned A) The act of murdering one's father. B) Wretched; very bad. C) A state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored. 7. To deflect or avoid A) Scant. B) Pallid. C) Marauding. D) Parry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parry. 8. Define engender A) To create or develop (usually a sense of feeling or emotion). B) To cause distress; to inflict great torment on. C) To bring into being. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create or develop (usually a sense of feeling or emotion). 9. In Oedipus Rex, why does Oedipus ask to be sent away from Thebes, his home? A) He wants to plot his eventual return to Thebes. B) He knows it is the only way he will see his children again. C) He is afraid the citizens of Thebes will turn on him and kill him. D) He believes he deserves the suffering that banishment would bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He believes he deserves the suffering that banishment would bring. 10. The prophecy was fulfilled A) Tama. B) Mali. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tama. 11. What is the building behind the stage called? A) Skene. B) Back Stage. C) Behind The Curtain. D) Sub-Pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skene. 12. Where was Sophocles born? A) Athens. B) Sparta. C) Greek Isles. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athens. 13. Dramatically, Tiresias' riddles serve to A) Anger Oedipus. B) Build suspense. C) Provide exposition. D) Introduce the conflict. E) Suggest the theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Build suspense. 14. Who is Polybus? A) Oedipus' real father. B) Jocasta's father. C) Laius' brother. D) Merope's husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Merope's husband. 15. Did Oedipus fulfill his prophecy? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 16. Define baseness A) The quality of deserving abhorrence or disgust. B) Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration. C) Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values. 17. Which meaning of decent does Creon use in this passage from Oedipus Rex?Be quick and take him in. It is most decentthat only kin should see and hear the troubles of kin. A) Honest. B) Average. C) Handsome. D) Appropriate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appropriate. 18. What is usually a tragic flaw in Greek tragedy? A) Hubris. B) Running from Fate. C) Internal Family Issues. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hubris. 19. Why does Oedipus think Jocasta is upset? A) He thinks she is mourning Laius. B) He thinks she believes Oedipus to be the killer. C) He thinks she doesn't trust his lineage anymore. D) He thinks she hates him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He thinks she doesn't trust his lineage anymore. 20. Define execrable A) The act of murdering one's father. B) Wretched; very bad. C) A hostile encounter; brutal attack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wretched; very bad. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesOedipus Rex Quiz 1Oedipus Rex Quiz 2Oedipus Rex Quiz 3Oedipus Rex Quiz 4Oedipus Rex Quiz 5Oedipus Rex Quiz 7Oedipus Rex Quiz 8Oedipus Rex Quiz 9Oedipus Rex Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books