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Standard IV: Identify cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.
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The Chorus attempts to calm down the escalating anger, but Teiresias makes another long speech: Oedipus, he says, does not know where he is, where he lives, whom his parents are, or even who he is, and prophesies that he will be driven out from the city, “with darkness on your eyes.” An argument ensues between Oedipus and Teiresias, in which Teiresias tells him that “in riddle answering you are strongest” (440). Teiresias makes one final prediction: that the murderer will have “blindness for sight” and “beggary for riches,” before being proved both “father and brother” to the children in his house.
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(DOK 1) Match the term in the left panel with the correct definition in the right panel.
conspirator
A disease; to decay or deteriorate.
aspersions
A bitter and abusive verbal attack.
blight
A person who prophesies future events.
obstinacy
A negative remark or comment.
diatribe
The plotter of an evil and/or unlawful act.
seer
Stubborn or unyeilding in your opinion.
(DOK 1) Identify the author of Oedipus the King.
Homer
Sophocles
Aeschylus
(DOK 1) Oedipus the King belongs to which type of dramatic genre?
tragedy
comedy
satyr
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(DOK 1) What is happening in Thebes as the play opens?
A devastating plague has rendered women sterile and destroyed crops and livestock.
A natural disaster has destroyed buildings, temples, and houses.
A foreign power has invaded Thebes.
(DOK 1) Creon reports that the plague in Thebes will be resolved when _____.
the foreign invaders are driven out
the Sphinx's riddle is answered
the former king's murderer is found and banished
(DOK 1) How does Oedipus become the Theban king?
He was democratically elected by the Theban citizens.
He correctly answered the Sphinx's riddle.
He overthrew Laius and illegally seized the throne.
(DOK 1) To better see the purposes of the gods, the Chorus advises Oedipus to seek the counsel/advice of _____.
Teiresias
Creon
Jocasta
(DOK 1) Who does Oedipus accuse of conspiring against him? (Mark ALL that apply!)
the gods
Teiresias
Jocasta
Creon
(DOK 1) What fate did the oracle announce for Laius and Jocasta's newborn son?
His greed and thirst for power would bring an unwinnable war to Thebes.
His refusal to obey the prophets and gods as an adult would curse his reign as king.
He would one day grow to kill his father and wed his mother.
(DOK 1) As a result of this prophecy, Laius and Jocasta had the newborn baby thrown into Lake Yliki.
True
False
(DOK 1) Who does Oedipus believe are his true parents? (Mark ALL that apply!)
Polybus
Laius
Merope
Jocasta
(DOK 1) How does Jocasta die?
She is poisoned by Creon.
She commits suicide by hanging herself.
Oedipus strangles her in a fit of rage.
(DOK 1) What happens to Oedipus at the end of the play?
He has been assassinated by Creon.
He blinds himself with Jocasta's brooches.
He is publicly tried and sentenced to be executed.
(DOK 1) Identify Oedipus' tragic flaw.
excessive pride
curiosity
misplaced trust
(DOK 1) Who do the members of the Chorus represent?
the gods
Theban elders
the citizens
(DOK 2) With the death of Jocasta and Oedipus in exile, infer who will be the next king of Thebes.
Teiresias (blind seer)
Antigone (Oedipus' daughter)
Creon (Laius and Oedipus' brother-in-law)
(DOK 1) According to Sophocles and other Greek myths, can someone circumvent (avoid) their fate?
Yes
No
(DOK 2) The excerpt BEST illustrates which theme from Oedipus the King?
sight / blindness
truth / falsity
free will / fate
(DOK 2) The underlined text is an example of which type of literary device?
foreshadowing
personification
hyperbole