Question

12 TOTAL pts - 3 Pts a question

4. Despite Oedipus’s shortcomings, what can we infer from his desire to find Laius’s murderer?

A. that he is easily embarrassed
B. that he believes in justice
C. that he is a meddler
D. that he knows who the murderer is

6. Read the following passage and answer the question.

Perhaps he charged you
spurred on by the rash power of his rage,
rather than in his mind’s true judgment.

Sophocles choose the word rage instead of anger because of rage _____.
A. has a more violent and extreme connotation
B. has a more mellow connotation
C. suggests something is in fashion
D. suggests something fun

8. Read the following passage and answer the question.

Perhaps he charged you
spurred on by the rash power of his rage,
rather than in his mind’s true judgment.

What do the words rash power suggest about Oedipus’s anger?

A. that it's irrational and uncontrollable
B. that it's rational and controllable
C. that it's beyond reason and controllable
D. that it's reasonable and uncontrollable

10. In the Second Episode, of what has Creon been accused?

A. conspiring to overthrow the king
B. cheating Teiresias
C. betraying Jocasta
D. being a quack and a fraud

Answer 1

Despite Oedipus’s shortcomings, what can we infer from his desire to find Laius’s murderer?

that he believes in justice

Answer 2

4. The answer to the question is
B. that he believes in justice

6. Rage is more intense than anger. The answer is
A. has a more violent and extreme connotation

8. The meaning of rash power is
A. that it's irrational and uncontrollable

10. Creon was accused of
A. conspiring to overthrow the king