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The wife of Oedipus, mother of Oedipus, Antigone, and Ismene.
Who is Jocasta?
100

What does Laius and Jocasta do to Oedipus to attempt to prevent their prophecy from coming true?

Give him to a shepherd to leave him for dead in the middle of a forest

100
This literary devices uses a comparison between 2 unlike objects – uses like or as
What is a simile
100
The reason the citizens were asking for help at the beginning of the play
What is the plague?
100
Who is the head god of Olympus
Who is Zeus?
200
Head of a woman, body of a lion. Gave the riddle that Oedipus solved.
Who is the sphinx?
200

Why does Oedipus's feet have special marks on them? 

His feet were riveted together with a rod so that he couldn't moved when he was a baby.

200
A GREAT exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole
200

What prophecy do Jocasta and Laius receive in the beginning of the story?

their son will kill his father and marry his mother

200

Who is Teiresias?

Blind prophet; blind seer; blind, but can see the truth

300
This group expresses the general views of the public.
What is the chorus?
300
This blind prophet knows the truth about Oedipus
Who is Teiresias?
300
This literary device uses of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature
What is foreshadowing
300

What happens when a mortal tries to defy the gods?

plagues and curses

300

What is hubris?

excessive self-confidence that leads to one's downfall

400

Oedipus finally believes the truth about his prophecy only from this ONE character: 

the messenger

400

What does Oedipus do to himself after he finds out what he has done?

Oedipus gouges his eyes with Jocasta's brooches.

400

What are the three different types of irony and give an example or definition of each:

Verbal: saying the opposite of what is meant

Situational: something that you don't expect to happen, happens

Dramatic: the audience knows something that the characters do not

400

What happens when Teiresias tries to warn Oedipus of the prophecy?

Oedipus declines Teiresias's advancements and declares him a false prophet and a blind fool.
400

Can you solve the sphinx's riddle? What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?

man

500
Name one of the adoptive parents of Oedipus.
Who are Polybus and Merope?
500
This is the name of the previous king and Oedipus' father
Who is Laius?
500
This definition of dramatic irony is
When the audience knows/understands something that a character in the literature does not know.
500

Which character commits suicide at the end of the story?

Jocasta

500
Who wrote Oedipus?
Who is Sophocles?