Chapter 14 Questions

Question 1

Who is the queen of Eleusis? A. Iambe B. Metaneira C. Doso D. Kore

Answer 1

B (342)

Question 2

What is the term for the things carried in the sacred caskets? A. talaria B. hiera C. kykeon D. kallichoron

Answer 2

B (350)

Question 3

What was one of the most famous of women’s festivals and the subject of a comedy by Aristophanes? A. Dionysia B. Lenaea C. Thesmophoria D. Panathenaea

Answer 3

C (354)

Question 4

What has been claimed as the ultimate revelation in the Mysteries of Demeter? A. an ear of grain B. a loaf of bread C. a jug of wine D. a flower

Answer 4

A (354)

Question 5

What city-state was intimately involved in the rites at Eleusis? A. Sparta B. Thebes C. Delphi D. Athens

Answer 5

D (349)

Question 6

According to the Homeric Hymn, Demeter at Eleusis tried to immortalize: A. Celeus B. Demophoön C. Triptolemus D. Diocles

Answer 6

B (343)

Question 7

Which is not a name for the queen of the Underworld? A. Hecate B. Kore C. Proserpine D. Persephone

Answer 7

A (348)

Question 8

Where is the chief sanctuary for the performance of Demeter’s mysteries? A. Dodona B. Olympia C. Delphi D. Eleusis

Answer 8

D (349)

Question 9

Why was Demeter’s daughter required to spend a part of the year in the Underworld? A. She ate of the pomegranate. B. She had consummated her marriage with Hades. C. She had offended Zeus. D. She had to atone because Demeter had withheld fertility from the earth.

Answer 9

A (345)

Question 10

What does the term hierophant refer to? A. the sacred object B. the ritual sacrifice C. the high priest D. the ritual prayer

Answer 10

C (350)

Question 11

What is the kykeon? A. the pomegranate Persephone ate B. the altar of sacrifice C. the basket concealing the sacred objects D. the prescribed drink first mixed for Demeter

Answer 11

D (350)

Question 12

When Demeter first arrived at Eleusis, she stopped at: A. the house of Celeus B. the Maiden Well C. her temple D. her altar

Answer 12

B (341)

Question 13

Whom did Demeter select to spread her arts of agriculture? A. Iacchus B. Iambe C. Celeus D. Triptolemus

Answer 13

D (349)

Question 14

Under what name does Demeter travel to Eleusis and the palace of Celeus? A. Doso B. Kore C. Iambe D. Ceres

Answer 14

A (341)

Question 15

Who is credited with originating the Mysteries? A. Demophon B. Triptolemus C. Dionysus D. Orpheus

Answer 15

D (349)

Question 16

Which is not another name for the god who rules the Underworld? A. Dis B. Pluto C. Plutus D. Hades

Answer 16

C (349)

Question 17

Who finally told Demeter that Hades had carried off her daughter? A. Helius B. Hecate C. Rhea D. Hermes

Answer 17

B (341)

Question 18

The father of Persephone is: A. Poseidon B. Ares C. Dionysus D. Zeus

Answer 18

D (339)

Question 19

Demeter is a goddess of: A. night B. the moon C. rivers D. grain

Answer 19

D (348)