Answers to GE Multiple Choice (#23-30)

23. B
24. E
25. C
26. A
27. C
28. C
29. D
30. B

Questions from 12/18

After reading pages 129-133, answer the following questions.  Add these answers to your notes from yesterday's homework.  (See below).

1. What is the extent of Oedipus' knowledge in this scene? (What does he know for sure? Sort of know? Definitely not know?

2. Is he actively trying to seek out the truth?


3. Could he be trying harder to learn the truth? Explain.

Homework Due 12/18

Homework

If possible, complete your questions on a big piece of paper that you can use as a "timeline" to track the change in Oedipus.  Leave room for two to three more conversations.  You do not need to be super-neat - more important to take complete and thorough notes for your future reference.

1. Read through page 129, when Creon exits.

2. Answer the following two questions for each of Oedipus' conversations so far (Teiresias and Creon).

a. How much knowledge does Oedipus have at this point? How can you tell?
b. What mood is he in? How can you tell?
c. What does that tell us about his character?

December 3 Read20 w/ Bonus Question

Key Details:  What two settings dominate the first stage?  The second stage?

Vocabulary:  Choose two words Stoehr uses to connect evidence and analysis.  Create your own sentences about GE using these words.

Connections and Inferences:  Stoehr says that the two “strands of action” reflect “the inner conflict of his character”?  How is that true in the first stage?  The second stage?

Point and Purpose:  What does Stoehr mean by “This is discovery and reversal…” Use evidence from the article as well as your own analysis. 

BONUS:  Does Chopin use setting to reflect Edna's changing character in The Awakening?  Use evidence to support your answer.