Oedipus Rex Multiple Choice Questions with Answers

Check Important Objective Type English Literature Multiple Choice Question Answers on Oedipus Rex by Sophocles under Drama section. These solved questions answers on English Literature Drama section of English Literature Objective type question answers (MCQ) can be used as English Literature Study Material for UGC NET/JRF/STET, TET and other written examinations (UGC NET English Paper-II) based on objective type multiple choice questions.

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 Multiple Choice Question Answers on Oedipus Rex - English Literature 

These MCQs on Oedipus Rex by Sophocles are useful for literature students, competitive exams, and quick revision. Each question includes four options followed by the correct answer.

1. Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
A) Euripides
B) Homer
C) Sophocles
D) Aeschylus
Answer: C) Sophocles

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2. What is the primary setting of Oedipus Rex?
A) Athens
B) Thebes
C) Corinth
D) Delphi
Answer: B) Thebes

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3. Who is Oedipus’s wife and mother?
A) Antigone
B) Jocasta
C) Ismene
D) Eurydice
Answer: B) Jocasta

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4. What problem is plaguing Thebes at the beginning of the play?
A) War
B) Plague
C) Famine
D) Flood
Answer: B) Plague

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5. What is the name of Oedipus's father (as he believes it at the beginning)?
A) Laius
B) Polybus
C) Creon
D) Tiresias
Answer: B) Polybus

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6. What creature did Oedipus defeat on his way to Thebes?
A) Cyclops
B) Chimera
C) Sphinx
D) Hydra
Answer: C) Sphinx

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7. Who is Creon in relation to Oedipus?
A) His son
B) His father
C) His brother-in-law
D) His uncle
Answer: C) His brother-in-law

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8. What does the oracle at Delphi tell Oedipus?
A) He will defeat the Sphinx
B) He will marry Jocasta
C) He will kill his father and marry his mother
D) He will become king of Thebes
Answer: C) He will kill his father and marry his mother

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9. Who is Tiresias?
A) A messenger
B) A shepherd
C) A blind prophet
D) A priest
Answer: C) A blind prophet

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