Greek & Roman Literature

Question 1

Written works or writings; culture bound. Writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest. The body of written works produced in a particular language, country, or age.

Answer 1

Literature

Question 2

What are the 2 forms of literature?

Answer 2

Prose & Poetry

Question 3

Works written in paragraph form; fiction & non-fiction.

Answer 3

Prose

Question 4

Type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm. It often employs rhyme and meter.

Answer 4

Poetry

Question 5

What are the 3 forms of poetry?

Answer 5

Lyric, Dramatic, & Narrative

Question 6

Expresses feelings; products of imagination.

Answer 6

Lyric

Question 7

Meant to be acted; tragedy & comedies.

Answer 7

Dramatic

Question 8

Poetry that tells us a story.

Answer 8

Narrative

Question 9

Long narrative poem; meant to be sung.

Answer 9

Ballad

Question 10

Typically centers on courtly love, knights, and chivalric deeds.

Answer 10

Metrical Romance

Question 11

Longer than ballad; poetry form. Exalted; formal. Uses kennings and repetitions.

Answer 11

Epic

Question 12

True or False: Aeneid is a classical antiquity epic.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: Greek & Roman literatures are not classics or classical antiquity.

Answer 13

False. Greek & Roman literatures are classics or classical antiquity.

Question 14

“Cradle of democracy”

Answer 14

Greece

Question 15

Thinkers

Answer 15

Greeks

Question 16

Cultural hotspot in Greece.

Answer 16

Athens

Question 17

Has a powerful army that is great in battles. (Greece)

Answer 17

Sparta

Question 18

Doers; they are grander than Greeks. They imitated Greek literature. When Greeks were weak, they attacked and got writers as slaves. The good ones were made as tutors or bookkeepers. Their national epic is Aeneid.

Answer 18

Romans (Rome)