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9th Grade Oedipus Play Questions
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1. Why did the shepherd, a servant of Laius, not leave the baby on the mountain to die?

2. What does Oedipus use to blind himself?

3. Where has Oedipus sent Creon at the beginning of the play and why?

4. Who had given the shepherd, a servant of Laius, the baby to be left on the mountain?

5. Who is believed at first to have killed King Laius?

6. What does Creon report must be done to cure the city of the plague?

7. Who speaks the last verse of the play?

8. Who is Tiresias?

9. What is occurring in Thebes at the beginning of the play?

10. Creon enters and Oedipus continues his rant about Creon wanting to overthrow him, who must break the fight up?

11. What does Jocasta convey to Oedipus happened to the child born to her and Laius?

12. Who else does Oedipus accuse of plotting with Tiresias to overthrow him?

13. Why has Oedipus left his father, King of Corinth?

14. Who does Oedipus ask to care for his two daughters at the end of the play?

15. Who does Tiresias finally reveal to be the source of the curse on the city?

16. What does Oedipus do to himself at the end of the end of the play?

17. Who is Jocasta to Oedipus and who is she to Creon?

18. How many people survived the attack of Laius and his men on the road?

19. How many children did Oedipus and Jocasta have?

20. Oedipus calls down a curse on the murdered of King Laius, what is the irony in this?

21. This messenger assures Oedipus that he is not the real son of Poybus. How does the messenger know this?

22. Tiresias is horrified by the truth that he does not want to reveal it. When he won't, what does Oedipus accuse him of?

23. What was the name of the mountain that baby Oedipus was to be left on?

24. Who does Oedipus believe is his real father?

25. Why has the murderer of King Laius not found immediately after the murder?

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