Oedipus Rex Unit Test

Question 1

Hamartia

Answer 1

“Tragic flaw” of the hero of Greek tragedy

-hubris was Oedipus’s fatal flaw

Question 2

Hubris

Answer 2

Excessive pride

Question 3

Wheel of fortune

Answer 3

Tragedy perceived as a reversal of fortune, a fall from a high position

Question 4

Catharsis

Answer 4

“Purging”

The release of the emotions of pity and fear by the audience at the end of a tragedy

Question 5

Choragos

Answer 5

A representative of member of the chorus who could enter the story as a character and able to interact with the characters of the play
The head chorus member

Question 6

Dionysus

Answer 6

God of wine, fertility, vegetation

Annual festival of Dionysus (playwriting)

Question 7

Oedipism

Answer 7

An extreme self harm to the eyes

Question 8

Freudian symbolism

Answer 8

Images such as ponds, flowers, cups, and caves interpreted as female symbols…

Question 9

Oedipus complex

Answer 9

Male child’s unconscious desire for the exclusive love of his mother

Question 10

Dramatic irony

Answer 10

A technique in which the author lets the audience or reader in on a character’s situation while the character himself remains in the dark