M&C 7-8

Question 1

king of the Underworld

Answer 1

Hades (Pluto)

Question 2

queen of the Underworld

Answer 2

Persephone (Proserpina)

Question 3

god who guides souls to the Underworld

Answer 3

Hermes (Mercury)

Question 4

river that must be crossed to enter the Underworld

Answer 4

Styx

Question 5

ferryman who takes souls across the river Styx

Answer 5

Charon

Question 6

three-headed guard dog of the Underworld

Answer 6

Cerberus

Question 7

paradise for souls dear to the gods

Answer 7

Elysian Fields

Question 8

lowest part of the Underworld, where great sinners are punished

Answer 8

Tartarus

Question 9

the Greek god of death

Answer 9

Thanatos

Question 10

punished in Tartarus by pushing a boulder up a hill

Answer 10

Sisyphus

Question 11

punished in Tartarus with eternal hunger and thirst

Answer 11

Tantalus

Question 12

Thracian singer who sought to rescue his wife from the Underworld

Answer 12

Orpheus

Question 13

wife of Orpheus, killed by a snakebite

Answer 13

Eurydice

Question 14

How does the shape of a theater differ from an amphitheater?

Answer 14

amphitheater = oval, theater = semicircle

Question 15

ritual whereby family members would shout out the dead person’s name three times

Answer 15

conclāmatiō

Question 16

wax masks of ancestors, displayed during funerals

Answer 16

imāginēs

Question 17

gladiator who fought with a net and trident

Answer 17

retiarius

Question 18

gladiator who worn a helmet shaped like a fish

Answer 18

murmillo

Question 19

beast-fighter

Answer 19

Bestiarius

Question 20

famous amphitheater in Rome

Answer 20

Colosseum

Question 21

Kalends

Answer 21

First Day of the Month

Question 22

Ides

Answer 22

15th day of March, May, July, or October (mm mm jell-o) or the 13th day of any other month

Question 23

Nones

Answer 23

7th day of March, May, July, or October (mm mm jell-o) or the 5th day of any other month (= 9 days before the Ides, counting inclusively)