CLAS 260 FINAL EXAM/ CLAS260 FINAL EXAM -Trojan War, Agamemnon, Odysseus _ Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University - A+ Grade (verified answers)

CLAS 260 FINAL EXAM_ Trojan War, Agamemnon, Odysseus _ Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 How did Myrtilus sabotage Oenomaüs' chariot? Select one: a. He detached the reins to the horses. b. He sawed the spokes of the wheels halfway so they broke during the race. c. He undermined the chariot floor so that Oenomaüs fell through. d. He replaced the bronze linchpins with wax ones. The correct answer is: He replaced the bronze linchpins with wax ones. Question 2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Pelops' two sons are summoned to Mycenae. Why? Select one: a. The Mycenaeans were enraged by the Banquet of Thyestes. b. The Mycenaeans wanted one of them to be their king. c. They needed the brothers to rid the land of Castor and Polydeuces. d. They needed the brothers in their war against Troy. The correct answer is: The Mycenaeans wanted one of them to be their king. Question 3 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 After the Banquet of Thyestes, the oracle at Delphi tells Thyestes he must have a son by his daughter if he wants revenge. What's his daughter's name? Select one: a. Leda b. Pelopia c. Iphigenia d. Hermionê The correct answer is: Pelopia Question 4 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 After the death of Atreus, his two sons Agamemnon and Menelaüs flee to Sparta. Who is the king of Sparta when they get there? Select one: a. Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux) b. Tyndareüs c. Odysseus d. Ajax The correct answer is: Tyndareüs Question 5 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Leda, wife of the king of Sparta, has sexual intercourse with Zeus while he's disguised as a swan, and produces four famous children. Which of these is not one of them? Select one: a. Clytemnestra b. Hermionê c. Polydeuces d. Castor e. Helen The correct answer is: Hermionê Question 6 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Who was the author of the "Oath of Tyndareüs"? Select one: a. Menelaüs b. Agamemnon c. Philoctetes d. Odysseus The correct answer is: Odysseus Question 7 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Who is the father of Achilles? Select one: a. Tyndareüs b. Telamon c. Peleus d. Sarpedon e. Pelias The correct answer is: Peleus Question 8 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Why was Peleus married to the sea nymph, Thetis? Select one: a. Zeus wished to prevent her from having a son greater than he. b. Zeus wished to humiliate Thetis by mating her with a mortal man -- the worst degradation for a goddess -- because she refused his advances. c. The son produced by this marriage would guarantee that Troy would fall. The correct answer is: Zeus wished to prevent her from having a son greater than he. Question 9 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Palamedes exposes Odysseus' feigned madness to avoid the call to the Trojan War. How does Palamedes do that? Select one: a. He announces that Penelopê, Odysseus' wife, has been abducted. Odysseus throws down his plow and runs to rescue her, thus proving he's not insane. b. He consults the prophet Calchas, who says that Odysseus is not insane. c. He throws a sword in front of him and announces that a battle is breaking out. d. He throws Telemachus in front of the plow Odysseus is deliriously driving. The correct answer is: He throws Telemachus in front of the plow Odysseus is deliriously driving. Question 10 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Thetis hides her son Achilles in the women's quarters in Scyros; Odysseus and Diomedes come to fetch him out. Why? Select one: a. They need him to lure Iphigenia to Aulis where she must be sacrificed to Artemis. b. He took the oath of Tyndareüs and so was obliged to come. c. Patroclus, his friend, says he won't go to the Trojan War without him. d. The prophet Calchas declared that without him, the Greeks would never take Troy. The correct answer is: The prophet Calchas declared that without him, the Greeks would never take Troy. Question 11 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 All of the following are among the Greek warriors at the Trojan War, except one. Which is it? Select one: a. Ajax, son of Telamon (the Greater Ajax) b. Meleager c. Diomedes d. Nestor e. Ajax, son of Oileus (the Lesser Ajax) The correct answer is: Meleager Question 12 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Which of these things does Agamemnon NOT offer to Achilles if he will give up his anger and return to battle? Select one: a. The command of the Greek forces at Troy. b. The prettiest Trojan women as slaves. c. The hand of his daughter in marriage. d. The kingship of many cities near Mycenae in Greece. The correct answer is: The command of the Greek forces at Troy. Question 13 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Who kills Achilles? Select one: a. Hector b. Paris, with the help of Apollo c. Priam d. Polites The correct answer is: Paris, with the help of Apollo Question 14 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 The story of the madness and suicide of Ajax (son of Telamon) is told by Sophocles' in his play Ajax. Why did this happen? Select one: a. He was forced to give up his war prize to Odysseus. b. He lost out in the competition for Achilles' armor. c. He raped Cassandra while she was clutching a statue of Athena. d. He boasted that he was a greater warrior than Athena and she drove him insane. The correct answer is: He lost out in the competition for Achilles' armor. Question 15 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 As the war dragged on, the Greek prophet Calchas began to divine several conditions that had to be met before Troy would fall. Which of the following is not one of them? Select one: a. The Palladium, a protective statue, had to be taken from Troy. b. Podalirius the physician had to be summoned from Epidaurus. c. The bow and arrows of Heracles had to be brought to Troy. d. Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles had to be brought from Greece. The correct answer is: Podalirius the physician had to be summoned from Epidaurus. Question 16 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 A priest of Poseidon in Troy tries to persuade the Trojans to destroy the Trojan Horse immediately. What is his name? Select one: a. Laömedon b. Laöcoön c. Laërtes d. Polites The correct answer is: Laöcoön Question 17 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 After the fall of Troy, a daughter of Priam is sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles. What's her name? Select one: a. Andromachê b. Hecabê c. Cassandra d. Polyxena The correct answer is: Polyxena Question 18 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Who was the most important Trojan escapee from the sack of Troy? Select one: a. Ascanius b. Aeneas c. Alexander d. Anchises e. Astyanax The correct answer is: Aeneas Question 19 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Orestes is tried before the Court of the Areopagus in Athens on the charge of blood guilt. Who represents him? Select one: a. Zeus b. Hermes c. Athenian citizens d. The Furies e. Apollo The correct answer is: Apollo Question 20 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Which of the following is NOT a correct relative chronology of events as Odysseus narrates them in the court of the Phaeacians? Select one: a. Cicones -- Circe -- Sirens – Cattle of Helius b. Cicones -- Lotus Eaters --Polyphemus -- Laestrygonians c. Aeolus -- Laestrygonians -- Circê -- Underworld -- Calypso d. Polyphemus -- Cattle of Helius -- Sirens -- Lotus Eaters The correct answer is: Polyphemus -- Cattle of Helius -- Sirens -- Lotus Eaters Question 21 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 When the Cyclops Polyphemus first asks his name, what name does Odysseus give? Select one: a. Meleager b. Proteus c. Nobody d. Telegonus The correct answer is: Nobody Question 22 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Why is Poseidon angry with Odysseus? Select one: a. In a fit of rage and hubris, Odysseus mocked Poseidon. b. Odysseus invented the Trojan Horse. c. Poseidon opposed the Greek expedition to Troy. d. Odysseus killed many of the Cicones, a sea-faring people dear to Poseidon. e. Odysseus blinded Polyphemus, his son. The correct answer is: Odysseus blinded Polyphemus, his son. Question 23 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Odysseus twice meets a race of cannibals. The first is the Cyclopes. What is the second? Select one: a. The Cicones b. The Laestrygonians c. The Phaeacians d. The Sirens The correct answer is: The Laestrygonians Question 24 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Where had Odysseus been just before he lands on the island of the Phaeacians? Select one: a. Among the Lotus Eaters. b. On Circê's island, Aeaea c. On Ogygia, Calypso's island. d. In the underworld. The correct answer is: On Ogygia, Calypso's island. Question 25 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Along his way, several of Odysseus' encounters are with beings or places that encourage him to forget his home and remain. Which of the following is not such an encounter? Select one: a. Calypso b. Sirens c. Lotus Eaters d. Aeolus The correct answer is: Aeolus Question 26 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 ere is an expression in English referring to a middle way between two threats or disagreeable possibilities that comes from one of Odysseus's adventures. What is the English expression? Select one: a. "Caught in the cave of Polyphemus." b. "Caught between Scylla and Charybdis." c. "Feasting on the cattle of Helius." d. "Like the swine of Circê." The correct answer is: "Caught between Scylla and Charybdis." San Francisco State University Academic Technology A California State University Campus