This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Greek Classics > Oedipus Rex > Oedipus Rex – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Oedipus Rex Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sophocles is today renowned as the "The Father of Tragedy" . A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 2. The job of the government is to eliminate the problems which vex our country. A) Temporary. B) Trouble. C) Strain. D) Dominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trouble. 3. How old was Sophocles at the time of his death? A) 90. B) 80. C) 70. D) 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90. 4. Oedipus Rex was written by ..... A) Euripides. B) Sophocles. C) Aeschylus. D) Thespis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sophocles. 5. Plays in ancient Greece were dedicated to which deity? A) Dionysus. B) Demeter. C) Daphne. D) Diana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dionysus. 6. Greek comedy was divided into four (4) parts. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 7. The following are synonyms for this word:violation, corruption and desecration. A) Faction. B) Anguish. C) Lamentation. D) Defilement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Defilement. 8. The queen of Thebes who marry her son. A) Merope. B) Tiresias. C) Jocasta. D) Electra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jocasta. 9. Who is Tiresias? A) The previous king of Thebes. B) Oedipus adoptive father. C) The blind prophet. D) The blind shepherd. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The blind prophet. 10. What does the word LAMENTATION mean? A) A disaster. B) A large waterfall. C) Without due or reasonable consideration. D) A passionate expression of grief or sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A passionate expression of grief or sorrow. 11. In the corporate world, a company's downfall can be seen as a metaphor for: A) The corrupting influence of power. B) The consequences of ignoring ethical practices. C) The spread of lies and deceit. D) The organization's moral and spiritual decay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The organization's moral and spiritual decay. 12. A Greek word meaning missing the mark (as in archery) fault, failure, or guilt; it is the term for the tragic flaw which leads to a tragic character's downfall A) Greek tragedy. B) Tragic flaw. C) Oracle. D) Hamartia. E) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamartia. 13. This image depicts which vocabulary word from the Prologue of Oedipus Rex? A) Dread. B) Lamentation. C) Supplication. D) Batten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Batten. 14. The song sung by the chorus as it makes its entrance A) Prologue. B) Stopped. C) Episode/Scene. D) Ode. E) Exit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped. 15. Define indiscretion A) A petty misdeed. B) A search for knowledge. C) Shameless and bold. D) Someone who attacks in search of goods or money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A petty misdeed. 16. What way did the stage face of a Greek Theater? A) West. B) East. C) North. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West. 17. Define Harrow A) To bring into being. B) To cause distress; to inflict great torment on. C) One fallen from grace or dishonor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cause distress; to inflict great torment on. 18. What is the meaning of the word rites in the following passage from Oedipus Rex?So. I command you-and will beseech you-to her that lies inside that house give burial as you would have it; she is yours and rightly you will perform the rites for her ..... A) Papers. B) Privileges. C) Corrections. D) Ceremonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ceremonies. 19. Many people believe that there should be a crackdown on the people who flout the welfare system. A) Simultaneously work. B) Consciously aware. C) Sequentially arranged. D) Intentionally disobey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intentionally disobey. 20. Define parricide A) A curse. B) Evil or malignant. C) The act of murdering one's father. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The act of murdering one's father. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGreek Classics QuizzesOedipus Rex Quiz 1Oedipus Rex Quiz 2Oedipus Rex Quiz 3Oedipus Rex Quiz 4Oedipus Rex Quiz 5Oedipus Rex Quiz 6Oedipus Rex Quiz 7Oedipus Rex Quiz 9Oedipus Rex Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books