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Greek Life and Literature TSJCL Area F 2011 1) Pindar and Bacchylides composed what sort of literature? a. History b. Elegiac poetry c. Comedy 2) At what time of year was the great Dionysia held? a. Fall b. Winter c. Spring d. Tragedy d. Summer 3) The Oresteia comprises which three plays? a. Choephoroi, Eumenides, Elektra b. Agamemnon, Choephoroi, Elektra c. Agamemnon, Elektra, Eumenides d. Agamemnon, Choephoroi, Eumenides 4) Oedipus at Colonus was written by a. Euripides b. Eumenides c. Sophocles d. Aeschylus 5) Which Athenian tragedian imagines a famous sorceress flying away in a chariot drawn by dragons? a. Sophocles b. Eumenides c. Euripides d. Aeschylus 6) The Greek word tragedy means a. Weeper b. Goat song c. Swan song d. New song 7) The Frogs, Acharnians and Lysistrata were works by the comic playwright a. Aristophanes b. Cratinus c. Plato d. Menander 8) New comedy was best represented by the comic playwright a. Aristophanes b. Cratinus c. Plato d. Menander 9) Which play by Aeschylus tells of Eteocles and Polyneices fighting over a Greek city? a. Spartan Disputes b. Seven against Thebes c. Philoctetes d. Antigone 10) In which play by Euripides does a wife volunteer to die for her husband? a. Antigone b. Alcestis c. Agamemnon d. Antikleia 11) Which early Greek thinker developed a theory that the while universe was made of water? a. Plato b. Anaximander c. Thales d.Anaximenes 12) Which Greek philosopher invented a philosophy concerned with ‘arete’? a. Parmenides b. Aristotle c. Plato d. Socrates 13) Which philosopher was a pupil of Plato? a. Aristotle b. Socrates c. Thales d. Socrates 14) Which Greek scholar sat up in his bathtub and yelled “Eureka,” when he realized that an object displaces its own volume of water? a. Pythagoras b. Archimedes c. Euclid d. Aristarchus 15) The Greek word ‘polis’ refers to a. a temple b. a city c. a wall 16) The servile population of Sparta was called a. Lakedaimonians b. Perioikoi c. Hellenes d. a vote d. Helots 17) A prime means of getting rid of serious political rivals via potsherds was called a. zelotism b. ostracism c. oligarchy d. aristocracy 18) The Olympian Games honored Zeus in the same way as the Pythian games honored which other deity? a. Athena b. Artemis c. Apollo d. Aesclepius 19) Corinthian, Archaic and Orientalizing all describe various techniques of which art form? a. Frescoes b. sculpture c. vase painting d. portraiture 20) How long was the Greek unit of measure called the stadion? a. one foot b. twenty feet c. one hundred feet d. six hundred feet 21) Laurium was a city in Greece known for its a. temples b. wines c. Roman citizens 22) Paros, Pentelicus and Hymettus were known for their a. Trees b. marble c. olives d. Silver mines d. cemeteries 23) What was the main purpose of the area of Athens called Kerameikos? a. farming b. worship c. cemetery d. athletics 24) In Athens, the Stoa Poikile, the tholos and the bouleuterion could all be found in which area? a. The Agora b. The Kerameikos c. The Acropolis d. The Pnyx 25) The goddess Demeter was worshipped in particular in which of the following sanctuaries? a. Delphi b. Dodona c. Eleusis d. Knossos 26) Which city state’s mothers told their sons to come back from war ‘with their shield or on it’? a. Sparta b. Athens c. Thebes d. Evia 27) According to the Iliad, who is Argos? a. Agamemnon’s dog b. Menelaos’ dog c. Odysseus’s dog d. Achilles’ dog 28) Hesiod’s account of the creation myth is called a. Works and Days b. Theogony c. Homeric Hymns d. Argonautica 29) Which historian wrote an account of his participation in a Greek mercenary army that tried to help the Persian Cyrus expel his brother from the throne? a. Thucydides b. Xenophon c. Herodotus d. Plutarch 30) Which Greek doctor is called ‘the father of medicine’ and whose oath to preserve life is still sworn by doctors today? a. Hippocrates b. Galen c. Strabo d. Pausanias 31) Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world was located at Olympia a. Temple of Artemis b. Colossus c. Statue of Athena d. Statue of Zeus 32) Peplos, chiton and himation all refer to varieties of a. Columns b. Clothing c. Cheeses d. Weapons 33) Which of the following was not a famous artist? a. Lycurgus b. Phidias c. Praxitiles d. Polykleitos 34) Kottabos was a. A dice game b. A kind of woolen traveling cloak c. A drinking game at a symposium d. An event at the Olympic games 35) In Athens, the high court of appeal for criminal and civil cases was called a. The Stoa Poikile b. The Basilica Iulia c. The Areopagus d. The Acropagus 36) Which of the following is not a famous mountain in Attica? a. Hymettos b. Dikte c. Pentelicus d. Parnes 37) The pankration was a sport that featured which of the following? a. Boxing, wrestling, kicking and strangling b. Swimming, wrestling and relay c. Boxing, Swimming, wrestling and relay d. Swimming, wrestling, kicking and strangling 38) Obols, tetradrachmas and drachmas were all varieties of a. columns b. weapons c. coins d. jewelry 39) Which of these foods was not known to the ancient Greeks? a. tomatoes b. olives c. honey d. beef 40) The Bouleuterion in Athens was used for a. A school b. A vegetable market council d. A public voting hall c. A meeting place for the city 41) Pheistos, Mallia and Kato Zakro are all examples of pre-historic architecture found on the island of a. Crete b. Delos c. Naxos d. Ithaka 42) The Doryphorus, a kore and the Melian Aphrodite are all examples of a. Mosaics b. Vases c. Statues d. frescoes 43) Where would one most likely have found a stylobate? a. In a school b. In an army camp c. On a temple 44) The Ilissus was a. A type of traveling cloak c. The harbor defences at Piraeus d. On the street b. The meeting place for veterans d. The river that ran through Athens 45) The mound marking the burial place of the 192 dead Athenians at Marathon is known as a. The soros b. The soter c. The simian d. The mausoleum 46) The archaeological site at Vergina in Macedonia is famous for its a. royal palaces b. royal tombs c. oracles d. temples 47) The Fox and the Crow or the Hare and the Tortoise are fables told by which Greek author? a. Aeschyles b. Androcles c. Aesop d. Antenor 48) The Parthenon in Athens was dedicated to a. Artemis b. Poseidon c. Athena d. Zeus 49) Athenian babies were given their names at the festival of the a. Panathenaia b. Floralia c. Amphidromia d. Anthesteria 50) In a Greek house, the gynaeceum was the location of a. The children’s quarters b. The women’s quarters quarters d. The men’s quarters c. The slaves’ The following questions are tie-breakers. You should complete these questions on the reverse side of your scantron. They will only be graded in the event of a tie. 51) The Greek equivalent of the forum was known as the a. Stoa b. Stadium c. Agora d. Areopagus 52) Which Greek scholar became the first to draw a a map of the world? a. Anaxagoras b. Anaximander c. Thales d. Plato 53) In order to address a Greek sky god a worshipper had to face in which direction? a. North b. South c. East d. West 54) The front porch of a temple was called the a. opisthodomus b. stylobate c. pronaos d. peristyle 55) Which of the following was not one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world? a. Hanging gardens of Babylon b. the Parthenon c. Statue of Zeus at Olympia d.The Pharos of Alexandria Key to Greek Life and Literature 2011 1) B 2) C 3) D 4) C 5) C 6) B 7) A 8) D 9) B 10) B 11) C 12) D 13) A 14) B 15) B 16) D 17) B 18) C 19) C 20) D 21) D 22) B 23) C 24) A 25) C 26) A 27) C 28) B 29) B 30) A 31) D 32) B 33) A 34) C 35) C 36) B 37) A 38) C 39) A 40) C 41) A 42) C 43) C 44) D 45) A 46) B 47) C 48) C 49) C 50) B 51) C 52) B 53) C 54) C 55) B