Why he was the only person who could solve the riddle

why he was the only person who could solve the riddle of the Sphinx
if the rumors that Polybus adopted him are true
whether Creon has been plotting against him
After Oedipus has blinded himself, he expresses all the following, EXCEPT:
The gods are cruel, deceitful, and unjust
It was right that he should be blind
He should be exiled immediately.
It would have been better if he had allowed to die when he was an infant
When Oedipus asks the prophet to reveal the name of the murderer, what is the prophet’s
response?

He claims that he does not know because Apollo has kept the name from him
The king was never murdered at all; he is still alive in another land.
He claims that Creon ordered the murder of the former king
Although Tiresias knows the answer, it is better that no one else ever learns the truth
What happened when Teiresias began the "rites of burnt offering at the altar"?
In Oedipus Rex, at the opening of the play, why does Apollo punish the Thebans?
Question 46
All the following ideas as examples of irony, EXCEPT
In the Prologue, lines 99-100, what is being referred to here as old defilement...?
the current plague of death
The unsolved murder of King Laius
the plague caused by the Sphinx
the curse of Apollo against Laius

jocasta committed suicide in Oedipus Rex because she ....
could not bear to kill Oedipus
could not bear the knowledge that she slept with her own son
could not bear to kill her children
could not bear to send Creon out of Thebes
Which of the following lines can be considered as the Climax of the play?
Ode 4, lines 1-13
Scene 4, lines 55
Scene 4, lines 65-67
Scene 4 , lines 68-73
In Jocasta's words from Scene 2, lines 321-328 and then again in Scene 3, lines 1-9 , both involve the
gods. however, the context of her lines seem to contradict. What figure of speech is used in these
statements.
Oxymoron
metaphor
Paradox
metaphor