Quiz

Questions

1. Where do Oedipus and Antigone arrive at the beginning of the play?
2. Where does Oedipus realize he is after talking to the stranger?
3. Who does Oedipus want to meet?
4. What did the gods tell Oedipus about his death?
5. When will Oedipus know it's time to die?
6. What does the Chorus want to know about Oedipus?
7. What does the Chorus tell Oedipus to do when he reveals his backstory?
8. Why does the Chorus want Oedipus to leave Athens?
9. What does Antigone tell the Chorus about her father?
10. What news does Ismene bring about her brothers?
11. Where does Creon want Oedipus to be buried?
12. Why does Creon want to bury Oedipus on the border of Oedipus' homeland?
13. What instructions does the Chorus give Oedipus about how to defeat Creon?
14. What does Oedipus tell Theseus when the king arrives?
15. What does Creon tell Oedipus when he arrives?
16. What does Creon order his soldiers to do when Oedipus refuses to return home?
17. Who rescues Oedipus' daughters from Creon's soldiers?
18. Where did Creon meet Polyneices?
19. Who convinces Oedipus to talk to Polyneices?
20. What did Polyneices do after he was driven out of Thebes?
21. What does Polyneices want from Oedipus before he goes into battle?
22. Why does Oedipus refuse to give Polyneices his blessing?
23. What does Polyneices ask his sisters to do?
24. What does Antigone ask her brother to do instead of battling Eteocles?
25. Why does Polyneices say he can't go back to Argos?
26. Why does Oedipus tell Theseus to keep his resting place secret?
27. Why's Theseus instructed to only tell the next ruler of Athens about Oedipus' resting place?
28. What does the Chorus pray for when Oedipus leaves?
29. What did Oedipus ask his daughters to do when they went down a road into the earth?
30. What summoned Oedipus?
31. What did Oedipus ask Theseus to do with his daughters?
32. How did Theseus appear when Oedipus disappeared?
33. What happened to Oedipus?
34. What does Antigone wish?
35. Where does Antigone tell Ismene she wants to go?
36. What does the Chorus try to get Antigone and Ismene to do?
37. What does Theseus say when Antigone asks to see Oedipus' grave?
38. Why does Antigone want to go to Thebes?

Answers

1. Athens
2. The Eumenides' sacred ground
3. Theseus, king of Athens
4. He would find a final resting place in the Eumenides' sacred ground.
5. There will be an earthquake or thunder and lightning.
6. His identity
7. Leave Athens
8. They fear he'll bring a curse to the city.
9. He's suffering because of involuntary deeds.
10. They're fighting over their father's throne, which is currently occupied by their uncle Creon.
11. On the border of Oedipus' homeland
12. He wants to make sure he has control of where Oedipus is buried, but doesn't want to bury him in his homeland in case this brings a curse.
13. How to prepare a sacred drink offering
14. If Theseus takes care of him, the king will get an offering when Oedipus dies.
15.
To come home
16. Seize Antigone and Ismene and take them away
17. Theseus
18. At the altar of Poseidon
19. Antigone
20. He moved to Argos and married the king's daughter so he could get an army, go back to Thebes, and claim his throne.
21. His blessing
22. Polyneices drove his father out of Thebes.
23. Bury him if he dies
24. Go back to Argos
25. He would look cowardly in front of his brother.
26. It'll be a secret source of strength for Theseus.
27. The city will remain powerful.
28. That Oedipus will rest in peace
29. Bathe him and give him new clothes
30. The voice of a god
31. Take care of them
32. Like he had seen a ghost
33. The earth opened up and painlessly swallowed him.
34. To die with her father
35. The place where their father was swallowed up by the earth
36. Stay in Athens
37. No one's allowed to know where Oedipus' resting place is.
38. So she and Ismene can try to stop their brothers from killing each other