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Title: Drama'Oedipus Rex' mcqs with answers
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Oedipus Rex
Multiple Choice Questions:
Oedipus said, who murdered Laios, must be
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Killed or exiled
B
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Punished
D
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A
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So cold
C
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Attractive
Teiresias asked Oedipus to let him go
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For hunting
B
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On a journey
D
...
A
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God's
C
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Kreon's
Oedipus said to Teiresias that now ------ you have spat out infamy
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Thrice
B
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Twice
D
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A
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Lokaste
C
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Zeus
Kreon was friend of
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Teiresias
B
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Laios
D
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A
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Chorus
C
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Kreon
If you were not an Old man, you would have paid already for your
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Plot
B
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Mistakes
D
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A
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Choragos
C
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Laios
What was the matter that brought “plague wind” on the city
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(A) Become the next king
(B) Be sacrificed to the Sphinx
(C)Be banished or killed
(D) None of these
No one investigated Laius’s murder at the time because ________
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(A) A Shepherd
(B)Teiresias
(C) The Sphinx
(D) None of these
When Teiresias arrived, he said that _________
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(A) Calling Teiresias a blind fool
(B) Accusing Creon of killing Laius
(C) Accusing Teiresias of conspiring with Creon
(D)All of the above
According to Teiresias Oedipus will_________
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(A)Corinth
(B) The Pythian Oracle
(C) Exile
(D) None of these
Creon reported that _________
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(A) If any man confesses, he will only be banished
(B) He too will be punished if he helps the killer
(C) If anyone knows who killed Laius, he should come forward
(D)All of the above
Kreon said, the fact is that I am being called ____?
(A) disloyal
(B) Weird
(C) Lord Criminal
(D) Hero
Who did the people of Thebes think had killed Laius?
(A) Tieresias
(B) Jocasta
(C) Robbers
(D) Kreon
What should happen to the killer of Laius when he is found?
(A) He must be put in jail for life
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(C) He must be banished from Thebes or put to death
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Where was Lauis killed?
(A) While fighting in the battle
(B) Traveling to Delphi
(C) In jail for killing his son
(D) At the battle of Troy
Oedipus supposed who held the enquiry?
(A) Kreon
(B) Iokaste
(C) Charagos
(D) Lauis
Why didn't anyone go investigate the murder of Laius when it happened?
(A) Jocasta went into labor with Oedipus
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What is Jocasta doing the next time she leaves the palace?
(A) Killing her Children
(B) Running away from Thebes
(C) Locking herself in her room to kill herself
(D) She was afraid to go outside
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(A) Asking the gods for help
(B) Accusing Oedipus
(C) Asking Teiresias for help
(D) None of these
The priest is doing this because _________
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(A) Corinth
(B) The Pythian Oracle
(C) Exile
(D) None of these
Creon reported that _________
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(A) Become the next king
(B) Be sacrificed to the Sphinx
(C) Be banished or killed
(D) None of these
No one investigated Laius’s murder at the time because ________
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(A) If any man confesses, he will only be banished
(B) He too will be punished if he helps the killer
(C) If anyone knows who killed Laius, he should come forward
(D) All of the above
_________ is rumoured to have killed Laius
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(A) A Shepherd
(B) Teiresias
(C) The Sphinx
(D) None of these
When Teiresias arrived, he said that _________
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3
B
...
8
D
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His wife
B
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IOKASTE
D
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Father
B
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Sister
D
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Cold
B
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Disease
D
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Laios’s murder
B
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Jacob’s murder
D
...
B
...
D
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Polybus of Corinth
B
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King laios
D
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Katherine
B
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Dorian: Merop
D
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IOKASTE
B
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Pythagoras
D
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Tall
B
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Very tall
D
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Oedipus’ mother Merope is a ____
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Dorian
B
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Corinth
D
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____ highways come together at a place from where Oedipus passed
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B
...
D
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The old man saw Oedipus and hit him with his ____
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Stick
B
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Hand
D
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When Oedipus met the old man during his journey from Corinth, he was sitting on ____
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Horse
B
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Chariot
D
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Who told Oedipus that there was a hope to confirm his myth?
A
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Choragos
C
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Ploybus
6
...
B
...
D
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A cruel and absolute ruler is a ____
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B
...
D
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Jocasta said that Shepherd would use ____ word/words
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B
...
D
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Oedipus said to Jocasta that he had touched her with those hands that killed her ____
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B
...
D
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Oedipus said that if he was born with evil fate, ____ could deny the savagery of fate
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B
...
D
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According to Jocasta, Oedipus listened to every voice except ____
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B
...
D
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The messenger came from ____
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B
...
D
...
According to the messenger, whom did the people of Isthmus (Corinth) want to be their king?
A
...
C
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Creon
Polybus
Teirasias
Oedipus
14
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B
...
D
...
According to Oedipus, how his father, king Polybus died?
A
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Died naturally
C
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By the grief of his departure
16
...
B
...
D
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According to Oedipus, who convinced him for the truthfulness of the prophecy?
A
...
C
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Jocasta
Creon
His own faint heart
His own mind
18
...
B
...
D
...
After the death of king Polybus, Oedipus was still afraid of ____
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B
...
D
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Where did the messenger find Oedipus?
A
...
C
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Corinth
Thebes
Kithairon
Shrine
21
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A
...
C
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Messenger of the Gods
Shepherd
God of nature
None of the above
22
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A
...
C
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Oedipus
Hermes
Creon
Jocasta
23
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A
...
C
...
Hermes
Bacchus
Creon
Ismene
24
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A
...
C
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Corinth
Thebes
Colonus
Athens
25
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A
...
C
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One
Two
Three
Four
26
...
B
...
D
...
Who spoke last in each of the Theban plays?
A
...
C
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Ismene
Creon
Messenger
The Chorus
28
...
B
...
D
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Shepherd was born the slave of ____
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B
...
D
...
Who told Oedipus about Shepherd?
A
...
C
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Messenger
Jocasta
Creon
Polybus
31
...
B
...
D
...
Which character did Oedipus think was his father?
A
...
C
...
Creon
Louis
Polybus
Jocasta
33
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In Greek, word ‘Oedipus’means ____
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B
...
D
...
What Jocasta did when she found out the truth?
A
...
C
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She went into exile
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She killed herself
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In ancient Greek, whom did people blame for their misfortune?
A
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The king
C
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All of the above
36
...
B
...
D
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What or who was Oedipus trying to keep up with?
A
...
C
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His daughter
His appetite
Creon
His fate
38
...
B
...
D
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She didn’t really do it
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None of the above
39
...
B
...
D
...
Who predicted Oedipus’ death?
A
...
C
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Apollo
Antigone
Jocasta
Creon
41
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A
...
C
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Irony
Comedy
Tragedy
Reality
42
...
B
...
D
...
To whom did the woods belong where Oedipus at Colonus took place?
A
...
C
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Euripides
The Eumenides
Eteocles
Theseus
44
...
B
...
D
...
Which of the following deaths occurred onstage?
A
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Jocasta’s
C
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None of the above
46
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A
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Die at eachother’s hands
C
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None of the above
47
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A
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Antigone
C
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None of the above
48
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The sphinx
B
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Messenger
D
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Creon is ____of Jocasta
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Brother
B
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Son
D
...
Where did Antigone and Ismene go at the end of play?
A
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Athens
C
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Thebes
51
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She must be hanged
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Her eyes must be stabbed out
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She must be banished
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She must be buried alive
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In what country was Oedipus raised?
A
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Thebes
C
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Athens
53
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Creon’s
B
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Laius’
D
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Whom was Antigone meant to marry?
A
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Eteocles
C
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She was not meant to be married
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From whose curse did Oedipus rescue Thebes?
A
...
C
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The Sphinx’s
Lauis’
Apollo’s
Creon’s
56
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Remebering the past
B
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Hurting people
D
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What about Oedipus is both dangerous and good?
A
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His loyalty
C
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His attention to detail
58
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It is defiant
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It is amused
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It is frightened
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It is embarassed
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What promise did Creon break?
A
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To receive Antigone’s apology
C
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To honor Haemon’s request
60
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Revived Antigone
B
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Said farewell to his mother
D
Title: Drama'Oedipus Rex' mcqs with answers
Description: Drama'Oedipus Rex' mcqs with answers
Description: Drama'Oedipus Rex' mcqs with answers