World Literature 1

Question 1

Zeus carried a thunderbolt.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Epic poetry uses short similes and long speeches.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Agamemnon sacrificed his eldest daughter Clytemnestra in order to get the winds to blow again for his army to sail.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Eurycleia learns of Odyssues’s true identity when she recognizes a scar on his back.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Eumaeus is the wife of Odysseus.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Pan?

Answer 6

lame

Question 7

Why does Hector order his men to camp outside the walls of Troy where they will be vulnerable to the enemy?

Answer 7

he is overconfident of victory

Question 8

Finally kills Achilles

Answer 8

Paris

Question 9

Did not compete for the golden apple

Answer 9

Helen

Question 10

In The Odyssey, which god of goddess is actually Mentor in disguise?

Answer 10

Athena

Question 11

How does Agamemnon anger Achilles?

Answer 11

by taking Briseis from him

Question 12

The Iliad celebrates war and physical strength while The Odyssey celebrates cunning and mental strength.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

This character killed a sacred deer and angered Artemis.

Answer 13

Agamemnon

Question 14

Goddess of ghosts and sorcery

Answer 14

Hecate

Question 15

Stage decency on the Greek stage means that no violence is allowed.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Actors in Greek drama wore elaborate costumes.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Greek plays were performed during the fall and spring seasons.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

The theatron was the part of the old Greek theater that looked like a palace.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

This Greek writer is called the Father of Drama.

Answer 19

Thespis

Question 20

Which of the following is not a main writer of ancient Greek Drama?

Answer 20

Thespis

Question 21

Which of the following was the main writer of comedy?

Answer 21

Aristophanes

Question 22

Which feature of a Greek tragedy often provided background information to aid understanding of an audience?

Answer 22

Chorus

Question 23

Which of the following is true about a Greek Theater?

Answer 23

Reserved seating for special citizens

Question 24

Which of the following is not a feature of Ancient Greek drama?

Answer 24

Brief intermissions

Question 25

A Greek Chorus would

Answer 25

provide the audience with the central idea of a play

Question 26

Greek theaters were limited to small audiences.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

Greek drama involved festivals with competitions, juries, and prizes.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

The beginnings of Greek Drama are linked to wine.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Choral parts of a Greek Tragedy included both parados and stasimon.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

In which part of the Old Greek Comedy is the happy idea introduced?

Answer 30

prologue

Question 31

Which of the following was the most famous of all Greek Comedy writers?

Answer 31

Aristophanes

Question 32

This Lysistrata character keeps making request of her husband when he comes to visit her.

Answer 32

Myrrhine

Question 33

In Lysistrata the women use this to represent unity.

Answer 33

wine

Question 34

Lysistrata uses this to represent how to solve problems of the government and of the war.

Answer 34

ball of wool

Question 35

Medea escapes by a chariot drawn by two white stallions.

Answer 35

False

Question 36

Medea only pretends to make up with Jason.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

The King of Athens offers Medea help in killing the Princess.

Answer 37

False

Question 38

Medea is said to have special powers of a sorceress.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Why did Jason come to Colchis?

Answer 39

to find the golden fleece

Question 40

Which are the poison-tainted gifts Medea prepares for the princess?

Answer 40

a robe and tiara

Question 41

King Creon plans to banish Medea for fear that Jason may still love her.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

One of Aristophanes’s purposes in writing Lysistrata is to point out the need for war.

Answer 42

False

Question 43

One of Aristophanes’s purposes in writing Lysistrata is to promote laughter.

Answer 43

True

Question 44

Which of the following is not a role of the chorus in Greek Drama?

Answer 44

providing wine to celebrate Bacchus