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1
What did Laius and Jocasta do with the baby?
Gave him to the Oracle
Left him at the hospital
Left him to die on a mountain
put him in a boat on the ocean
2
Prophecies are considered to be ________ to the Greeks.
Answers to the underworld
biblical tales
Truths spoken by ancestors
Sacred truths regarding one's fate
3
Oedipus is considered to be a ______ to the Theban people.
asset
hero
mistake
Martyr
4
Oedipus exiled himself to the city of________.
Florence
Thebes
Madrid
Athens
5
How did King Laius die?
by a band of highwaymen
By Jocasta
by a close enemy
by himself
6
Apollo declared Oedipus' fate to be?
He would kill his father
He was going to cheat on his girlfriend
He would kill his best friend
He would kill his mother
7
Laius was the king of _____?
Thebes
Athens
Corinth
Rome
8
What is the answer to the Sphinx's riddle?
Man
Woman
Creature
Apollo
9
The oracle warned King Laius of what?
Jocasta would kill their son
His son would kill his other brothers and sisters
King Lauis would be killed at the hand of his son
His son would be an adopted son
10
Because the Thebans couldn't solve the riddle, the town was in famine.
true
false
11
The country was beset by a frightful monster, the sphinx who would do what to man?
eat their food if they couldn't solve the riddle
eat them if they couldn't solve the riddle
throw them off a mountain if they couldn't solve the riddle
flog them if they couldn't solve the riddle
12
Laius married his distant cousin, _______.
Jocasta
Jesabelle
Jordan
Jody
13
According to "The Legend of Oedipus" King _______ is Oedipus' father.
Arthur
Polybus
Grisom
Laius
14
Oedipus is currently the king of Thebes and married to Jocasta, living happily in Thebes.
True
false
15
Apollo declared Oedipus should kill his father too, so he left Corinth.
false
true
