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Part A · Brief Questions — Oedipus Rex

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Part A · Brief Questions21 questions

A1
What is the moral lesson in the play, "Oedipus Rex"?
🔥 Asked 2 timesNU. 2015NU. 2021
The play teaches that no man can escape his fate. Oedipus's pride brings his fall, so we should never call anyone happy before his death.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-42

A2
What is Sphinx?
🔥 Asked 2 timesNU. 2015NU. 2017
The Sphinx was a monster with a woman's head, a lion's body and bird's wings. She asked a riddle and killed everyone who could not answer it; Oedipus solved it and she died.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-43

A3
Where was the infant Oedipus left?
NU. 2015
The baby Oedipus was left on Mount Cithaeron, with his feet tied, to die.

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A4
Who was Teiresias?
NU. 2016
Teiresias was the blind prophet of Thebes. He alone knew the truth about Oedipus.

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A5
Whom did Oedipus send to the Oracle of Apollo?
🔥 Asked 2 timesNU. 2016NU. 2018
Oedipus sent Creon, his brother-in-law, to the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi to learn how to end the plague.

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A6
What gift was Oedipus' greatness?
NU. 2016
Oedipus's greatness was his wisdom. He saved Thebes by solving the riddle of the Sphinx.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-47

A7
Why did Oedipus flee from Corinth?
🔥 Asked 2 timesNU. 2017NU. 2021
He fled to escape the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He thought Polybus and Merope were his real parents.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-48

A8
What punishment did Oedipus declare on the killer of Laius?
NU. 2017
He declared banishment: nobody should give shelter to the killer, and his life would be full of misery.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-49

A9
Who was the biological mother and then wife of Oedipus?
NU. 2018
Jocasta, the widow of King Laius, was his mother and later his wife.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-50

A10
Why does Oedipus blind himself? / How did Oedipus blind himself?
🔥 Asked 2 timesNU. 2018NU. 2022
He could not bear to see the evil he had done. So he stabbed his eyes with the gold pins from Jocasta's dress.

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A11
Who are the foster parents of Oedipus?
NU. 2019
King Polybus of Corinth and his wife Queen Merope were his foster parents.

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A12
How did Jocasta die?
NU. 2019
Jocasta hanged herself in her room when she learned that Oedipus was her own son.

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A13
Who are the chorus in 'Oedipus Rex'?
NU. 2019
The chorus is made up of the old leaders (elders) of Thebes. They speak for the common people of the city.

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A14
What reasons does Oedipus give for his self-blinding?
NU. 2019
He says his eyes failed to see the truth. He also cannot face his parents, his children and his people, so he does not want to see anything.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-55

A15
Who knew that the terrible prophecy of Oedipus has already come true?
NU. 2020
The old Theban shepherd knew it. He had saved the baby Oedipus and had seen the killing of Laius.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-56

A16
What does the Oracle of Delphi prophesy about Oedipus?
NU. 2020
The Oracle said that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his own mother.

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A17
What is the meaning of 'Oedipus'?
NU. 2022
It means 'swollen foot'. His feet were tied and swollen when he was a baby.

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A18
Where was Laius killed?
NU. 2022
Laius was killed at a place where three roads met — the crossroads in Phocis, on the way from Delphi.

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A19
Who is Phoebus?
NU. 2023
Phoebus is Apollo, the god of prophecy (and the sun). His oracle told the cause of the plague in Thebes.

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A20
What is catharsis?
NU. 2023
Catharsis means the cleaning of the feelings of pity and fear in the minds of the people watching a tragedy. It is Aristotle's famous word.

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-61

A21
What is the Delphic Oracle? From whom does the oracle come?
NU. 2023
The Delphic Oracle was the most famous oracle of Greece, at Apollo's temple in Delphi. It gave the god's answers to people through his priestess (the Pythia).

Source: NU Guide · nuguidebd.com · #q-62