Humanities CLEP Prep Practice Exam

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Who wrote the play "Oedipus Rex"?

  1. Sophocles

  2. Euripides

  3. Virgil

  4. Homer

The correct answer is: Sophocles

"Oedipus Rex" is a Greek tragedy play that was written by Sophocles. Euripides, Virgil, and Homer are also well-known authors but did not write this particular play. Euripides wrote tragedies such as "Medea" and "The Bacchae", Virgil wrote the epic poem "The Aeneid", and Homer wrote the epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". Therefore, A (Sophocles) is the correct answer.

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