HELP Question 44 (2 points)
“Introduction to Oedipus the King”: Which of the following best explains how Sophocles rendered the myth of Oedipus anew?
Question 44 options:

a)

Sophocles left the fate of Oedipus up to the audience’s interpretation.

b)

Sophocles created a new plot by rewriting the major events of the story.

c)

Sophocles focused on Oedipus’s discovery of the truth about his life.

d)

Sophocles decided to translate the play into several different languages.
Question 45 (2 points)
“Oedipus Rex”: Which of the following best summarizes the action in this excerpt?

Question 45 options:

a)

Oedipus has stumbled on the truth: Teiresias and Creon are conspiring against him.

b)

Teiresias’s warnings are false, and he is exposed as a fraud.

c)

Oedipus, unwilling to believe the prophet Teiresias’s dire warnings, lashes out with paranoid accusations.

d)

Having learned Teiresias’s warnings are true, Oedipus is crushed by guilt.