Classics 2902 Test #2 Questions with Correct
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"Homage to the deliriously hot, the shaking, exciting, impetuous (Takman)! Homage to
the cold, to him that in the past fulfilled desires! May the Takman that returns on the
morrow, he that returns on two successive days, the impious one, pass into this frog!"
Which of the following is not a feature of Indian medicine?
A. Extreme passion is considered to be detrimental
B. The belief that some diseases are divinely caused
C. The transference of disease from one thing to another
D. The invocation of supernatural beings
A. Extreme passion is considered to be detrimental
"Lately was Diaulus a doctor, now he is an undertaker. What the undertaker now does
the doctor, too, did before."
This passage suggests that the Romans had some trust-issues when it came to
physicians.
True
False
True
In Roman medical culture healing can happen through the assistance of:
A. Capitoline deities & private gods
B. quacks & physicians
, C. charlatans & priests
D. Capitoline deities & craftsmen
A. Capitoline deities & private gods
Which of the following was not used as a contraceptive in antiquity?
A. Silphium
B. Pomegranate
C. Pennyroyal
D. Ass' milk
D. Ass' milk
Which of the following is not a method of contraception in antiquity?
A. Coke
B. Exercise
C. Vaginal suppositories
D. Oral contraceptives
A. Coke
The term hodós describes:
A. A talisman dedicated to Asclepius
B. A centre of learning in antiquity
C. The pathway connecting a woman's mouth and vagina
D. A gentle giant saving his friend from the White Walkers
Answers
"Homage to the deliriously hot, the shaking, exciting, impetuous (Takman)! Homage to
the cold, to him that in the past fulfilled desires! May the Takman that returns on the
morrow, he that returns on two successive days, the impious one, pass into this frog!"
Which of the following is not a feature of Indian medicine?
A. Extreme passion is considered to be detrimental
B. The belief that some diseases are divinely caused
C. The transference of disease from one thing to another
D. The invocation of supernatural beings
A. Extreme passion is considered to be detrimental
"Lately was Diaulus a doctor, now he is an undertaker. What the undertaker now does
the doctor, too, did before."
This passage suggests that the Romans had some trust-issues when it came to
physicians.
True
False
True
In Roman medical culture healing can happen through the assistance of:
A. Capitoline deities & private gods
B. quacks & physicians
, C. charlatans & priests
D. Capitoline deities & craftsmen
A. Capitoline deities & private gods
Which of the following was not used as a contraceptive in antiquity?
A. Silphium
B. Pomegranate
C. Pennyroyal
D. Ass' milk
D. Ass' milk
Which of the following is not a method of contraception in antiquity?
A. Coke
B. Exercise
C. Vaginal suppositories
D. Oral contraceptives
A. Coke
The term hodós describes:
A. A talisman dedicated to Asclepius
B. A centre of learning in antiquity
C. The pathway connecting a woman's mouth and vagina
D. A gentle giant saving his friend from the White Walkers
