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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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Question 1
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(DOK 1) Match the term in the left panel with the correct definition in the right panel.

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aspersions
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A disease; to decay or deteriorate.
seer
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A bitter and abusive verbal attack.
conspirator
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A person who prophesies future events.
blight
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A negative remark or comment.
obstinacy
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The plotter of an evil and/or unlawful act.
diatribe
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Stubborn or unyeilding in your opinion.
Question 2
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(DOK 1) Identify the author of Oedipus the King.

Question 3
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(DOK 1) Oedipus the King belongs to which type of dramatic genre?

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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Question 6
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(DOK 1) What is happening in Thebes as the play opens?

Question 7
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(DOK 1) Creon reports that the plague in Thebes will be resolved when _____.

Question 8
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(DOK 1) How does Oedipus become the Theban king?

Question 9
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(DOK 1) To better see the purposes of the gods, the Chorus advises Oedipus to seek the counsel/advice of _____.

Question 10
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(DOK 1) Who does Oedipus accuse of conspiring against him? (Mark ALL that apply!)

Question 11
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(DOK 1) What fate did the oracle announce for Laius and Jocasta's newborn son?

Question 12
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(DOK 1) As a result of this prophecy, Laius and Jocasta had the newborn baby thrown into Lake Yliki.

Question 13
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(DOK 1) Who does Oedipus believe are his true parents? (Mark ALL that apply!)

Question 14
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(DOK 1) How does Jocasta die?

Question 15
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(DOK 1) What happens to Oedipus at the end of the play?

Question 16
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(DOK 1) Identify Oedipus' tragic flaw.

Question 17
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(DOK 1) Who do the members of the Chorus represent?

Question 18
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(DOK 2) With the death of Jocasta and Oedipus in exile, infer who will be the next king of Thebes.

Question 19
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(DOK 1) According to Sophocles and other Greek myths, can someone circumvent (avoid) their fate?

Question 4
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(DOK 2) The excerpt BEST illustrates which theme from Oedipus the King?

Question 5
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(DOK 2) The underlined text is an example of which type of literary device?