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25 Cards in this Set
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What is the priest doing at the beginning of the play?
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Asking the gods for help
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Why is the priest doing this?
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There is a plague on the city
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Where did Oedipus send Creon at the beginning of the play?
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To the Pythian Oracle
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What does Creon report?
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That Laius's killer must be found
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What should happen to the man they will find?
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He must be banished or be killed
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Why didn't anyone investigate Laius's murder at the time?
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The sphinx was attacking the city
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What does Oedipus announce to the Theban people?
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- That if anyone knows who killed Laius, he should come forward
- That if any man confesses, he will only be banished - That he too will be punished if he helps the killer |
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Who is rumored to have killed Laius?
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robbers
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Who does Creon advise Oedipus to send for?
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Teiresias
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What does Teiresias say when he arrives?
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That he will not tell who did it
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How does Oedipus respond when Teiresias charges him with killing Laius?
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- He accuses Creon of killing Laius
- He calls Teiresias a blind fool - He accuses Teiresias of conspiring with Creon |
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What does Teiresias say will happen to Oedipus?
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He will leave Thebes a blind beggar
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What does Oedipus ask Creon?
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Why Teiresias didn't say anything at the time of Laius's death
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Does Creon say he wants to be king?
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No
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What does Jocasta convince Oedipus to do to Creon?
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forgive him
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What does Jocasta attempt to prove to Oedipus?
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that there is no thruth in prophecy
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What does she say she did with her baby?
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She left it exposed on a mountain
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Where was Laius killed?
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At a crossroads
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Why does Jocasta's story upset Oedipus?
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He killed a man at a crossroads
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What made Oedipus go to the oracle when he was young?
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A man called him a bastard
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What did the oracle tell Oedipus?
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that he would kill his father and marry his mother
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Why did Oedipus leave Corinth?
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He was afraid of what the oracle said
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What is Jocasta doing the next time she leaves the palace?
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Praying to the gods
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What news does the messenger bring from Corinth?
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- That Polybus is dead
- That Corinth wants Oedipus to be its king - That Polybus was not Oedipus's father |
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Who gave Oedipus to Polybus and Merop
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The messenger
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