10 questions on plot, characters, and themes. Free to take, so you can see exactly what to review before class.
1. What does the oracle at Delphi tell Creon will end the plague in Thebes?
2. What violent incident does Oedipus remember when Jocasta mentions the crossroads?
3. Why does Jocasta beg Oedipus to stop his investigation?
4. What does the messenger from Corinth reveal that deepens Oedipus's crisis?
5. How does Oedipus respond after learning the complete truth about his identity?
6. What is Tiresias's role in the play?
7. What does the play suggest about the relationship between fate and human choice?
8. How does Sophocles use the contrast between sight and blindness in the play?
9. What does Oedipus's treatment of Creon reveal about his character?
10. What warning does the chorus deliver at the end of the play?
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