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English 2 Exam-Sem1
Oedipus Rex, Inferno, Modest Proposal, and Importance of Being Earnest
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drama is intended to honor what god? | Dionysis |
| The king RIGHT BEFORE Oedipus in Thebes is who? | Laius |
| Why is there a plague after Oedipus has been ruling for twenty years? | Because the murderer is on the loose. |
| The king in Corinth is who? | Polybus |
| Who brings news of the cause of the plague? | Creon |
| Who delivers the news of polybus' death? | Polybus' servant |
| Which character doesn't fit with the rest? | a. Lauis' servant b.Jocasta c.Polybus' servant d. Creon |
| Only one character is able to testify that Oedipus is Jocasta's son. Who is this? | Lauis' sevant |
| At the end of the play, who does Oedipus ask for? | his daughters |
| A difficult situation | Plight |
| trouble or confusion | perpexity |
| an evil influence or a deadly disease | pestilence |
| TO EXPEL OR DRIVE FROM | banish |
| oedipus should have ___ from being with his children at the end of the play because he knew it would be too hard for them. | abstained |
| as a result of the grief from finding out the truth, Jocasta ___ in the play | perished |
| Teiresias told Oedipus that he was the "___ contaminator" he had been seeking | abominable |
| Oedipus was ___as the next leader following Lauis | installed |
| Three roads ___ were Oedipus was unknowingly killing kind Lauis | converge` |
| Oedipus was ___ towards Tiresias first when he would tell him who King Laius' killer is and second when Tiresias tells him it was Oedipus himself | indignant |
| Oedipus will eventually ___ on MOunt Citharon because he will live out his life there without retuning. | expel |
| The great ___ is that Oedipus could have prevented many of his own downfalls | tragedy |
| When Oedipus receives a small amount of emotional healing or release | Catharsis |
| The concluding action of a classical tradegy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot | catastrophe |
| Oedipus found Teiresias' accusations to be ___ so he attempted to discredit him | intolerable |
| Upon taking a closer look at Oedipus' famil ___, it was clear some of the relationships were very complicated | lineage |
| Who wrote Oedipus the King? | Sophocles |
| use of irony or ridicule in vers or prose | satire |
| a hater of human kind | misanthrope |
| humble; moderate or reasonable | modest |
| extraordinary in size or amount | prodigious |
| ability to figure something out | computation |
| oppostie of its literal meaning | irony |
| military expedition usually for religion | crusade |
| sad, gloomy | melancholy |
| causing grief or regret | deplorable |
| article of trade or commerce | commondity |
| serious in intention, purpose, or effect; sincerely zealous | earnest |
| bitterly or sneeringly distrustful; pesimistic | cynical |
| one who finds negativity in everything; anticipates the worst | pessimist |
| conduct; behavior | demeanor |
| indecisive | vacillating |
| a pretese of having certain morals one does not possess | hypocricy |
| a device for captuing small animals | snare |
| a great misfortune or disaster | calamity |
| capable of being subject to some influence | susceptible |
| to afflict with great pain anxiety, or sorrow | distressing |
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