CLA210 Exam 1 Tested Questions
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1. An example of an aetiological myth Select one:
a. Alcmena gives birth to twins after sleeping with both Zeus and Amphitryon on
the same night.
b. Man eats meat after a sacrifice because Zeus was tricked into taking the bones.
c. Heracles kills the Lernean Hydra once he learns how it creates new heads.
d. d. Hermes sneaks past Typhon and helps Zeus. - ANSWER Man eats meat
after a sacrifice because Zeus was tricked into taking the bones
2. In the Homeric Hymn to Dionysus, what happened to the the pirates who tried
to capture and sell Dionysus into slavery? select one.
a. They died and were transformed into grape vines.
b. They were transformed into lions.
c. They were transformed into dolphins.
d. They died when their ship sank. - ANSWER They were transformed into
dolphins
3. The birthplace of Apollo:Select one:
a. Delphi
,b. Ogygia
c. Athens
d. Delos - ANSWER Delos
4. This god/goddess was NOT one of the first 3 primordial beings in Hesiod's
Theogony. select one.
a. Tartarus
b. Osiris
c. Chaos
d. Gaea - ANSWER Osiris
5. Parthenos, in Greek, means Select one:
a. Self-control
b. Temple
c. Virgin
d. Victory - ANSWER Virgin
6. Fate of Tithonus, love of Eos (dawn):Select one:
a. Killed when he approached her at night
b. Allowed to ride in her chariot, but falls from the sky
c. Killed by Zeus, who also loved Eos
d. Turned into a cicada (grasshopper) - ANSWER Turned into a cicada
(grasshopper)
,7. This goddess usually appears veiled in iconography and rarely leaves Olympus
Select one:
a. Hestia
b. Mnemosyne
c. Hera
d. Thetis - ANSWER Hestia
8. Which of these is not a place where Homer locates the Underworld? Select
one:
a. Under the earth
b. The west
c. in the sea
d. The north - ANSWER in the sea
9. The son of Thetis is prophesied to be more power than his father. How does
Zeus protect his place as king when he learns of this prophecy? Select one:
a. He swallows Thetis.
b. He arranges for Thetis to marry a mortal man.
c. He kills Thetis with a lightning bolt before her son is born.
d. He abandons the son of Thetis on a deserted island. - ANSWER He arranges
for Thetis to marry a mortal man
10. Before a hunt, to whom might you offer a sacrifice?Select one:
a. Venus
b. Demeter
, c. Artemis
d. Apollo - ANSWER Artemis
11. What is commonly seen in depictions of Athena? Select one:
a. A water jug
b. A spear and helmet
c. A scorpion
d. Cupid - ANSWER A spear and helmet
12. The telesterion: Select one:
a. The room in which the prophetess of sat
b. Greek bathrooms
c. Place where initiates of Eleusinian mysteries entered.
d. Large, open space for worship of Hephaestus near Athens. - ANSWER Place
where initiates of Eleusinian mysteries entered
13. Which god/goddess battled Athena to be patron of Athens? Select one:
a. Poseidon
b. Apollo
c. Artemis
d. Aphrodite - ANSWER Poseidon
14. An all-male drinking party, at which many Greek myths were told:Select one:
a. Convivium.
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1. An example of an aetiological myth Select one:
a. Alcmena gives birth to twins after sleeping with both Zeus and Amphitryon on
the same night.
b. Man eats meat after a sacrifice because Zeus was tricked into taking the bones.
c. Heracles kills the Lernean Hydra once he learns how it creates new heads.
d. d. Hermes sneaks past Typhon and helps Zeus. - ANSWER Man eats meat
after a sacrifice because Zeus was tricked into taking the bones
2. In the Homeric Hymn to Dionysus, what happened to the the pirates who tried
to capture and sell Dionysus into slavery? select one.
a. They died and were transformed into grape vines.
b. They were transformed into lions.
c. They were transformed into dolphins.
d. They died when their ship sank. - ANSWER They were transformed into
dolphins
3. The birthplace of Apollo:Select one:
a. Delphi
,b. Ogygia
c. Athens
d. Delos - ANSWER Delos
4. This god/goddess was NOT one of the first 3 primordial beings in Hesiod's
Theogony. select one.
a. Tartarus
b. Osiris
c. Chaos
d. Gaea - ANSWER Osiris
5. Parthenos, in Greek, means Select one:
a. Self-control
b. Temple
c. Virgin
d. Victory - ANSWER Virgin
6. Fate of Tithonus, love of Eos (dawn):Select one:
a. Killed when he approached her at night
b. Allowed to ride in her chariot, but falls from the sky
c. Killed by Zeus, who also loved Eos
d. Turned into a cicada (grasshopper) - ANSWER Turned into a cicada
(grasshopper)
,7. This goddess usually appears veiled in iconography and rarely leaves Olympus
Select one:
a. Hestia
b. Mnemosyne
c. Hera
d. Thetis - ANSWER Hestia
8. Which of these is not a place where Homer locates the Underworld? Select
one:
a. Under the earth
b. The west
c. in the sea
d. The north - ANSWER in the sea
9. The son of Thetis is prophesied to be more power than his father. How does
Zeus protect his place as king when he learns of this prophecy? Select one:
a. He swallows Thetis.
b. He arranges for Thetis to marry a mortal man.
c. He kills Thetis with a lightning bolt before her son is born.
d. He abandons the son of Thetis on a deserted island. - ANSWER He arranges
for Thetis to marry a mortal man
10. Before a hunt, to whom might you offer a sacrifice?Select one:
a. Venus
b. Demeter
, c. Artemis
d. Apollo - ANSWER Artemis
11. What is commonly seen in depictions of Athena? Select one:
a. A water jug
b. A spear and helmet
c. A scorpion
d. Cupid - ANSWER A spear and helmet
12. The telesterion: Select one:
a. The room in which the prophetess of sat
b. Greek bathrooms
c. Place where initiates of Eleusinian mysteries entered.
d. Large, open space for worship of Hephaestus near Athens. - ANSWER Place
where initiates of Eleusinian mysteries entered
13. Which god/goddess battled Athena to be patron of Athens? Select one:
a. Poseidon
b. Apollo
c. Artemis
d. Aphrodite - ANSWER Poseidon
14. An all-male drinking party, at which many Greek myths were told:Select one:
a. Convivium.
