Directions: Re-read Oedipus at Colouns and answer the following comprehension questions based on your reading (note, if questions 11-16 are unrelated, then do not answer them.
Study Questions
1. What has Oedipus learned from his years of begging and wandering in exile?
2. Where do Oedipus and Antigone tread at the beginning of the play?
3. How does the Citizen react to the strangers in the sacred grove?
4. What prayer does Oedipus offer after the Citizen leaves?
5. How does the Chorus react at first to the news that someone has trespassed on the sacred grove?
6. How does the Chorus react when Oedipus, haggard and blind, reveals himself?
7. How does the Chorus react when Oedipus gives his name?
8. How does Oedipus shame the Chorus into accepting him?
9. What news does Ismene bring?
10. How does Oedipus react to Ismene’s news?Study Questions
11. What ceremony does the Leader of the Chorus explain to Oedipus?
12. How does Oedipus react when the Leader finishes explaining the ceremony?
13. What do Ismene and Antigone say after their father speaks to the Leader about the ceremony?
14. Why does the Chorus want Oedipus to recite the details of his life?
15. Why does Oedipus yield to the curiosity of the Chorus when the men press him for the details of his life?
16. Why does Theseus offer protection and the full rights of citizenship to Oedipus?
