EPIC POETRY TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

EPIC POETRY TEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Bronze Age - CORRECT ANSWER -Odyssey and Iliad set in this time period
-3000-1250
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- MinoanandMycenaeancivilizations i i i




- Internationaltradeflourishes i i




- Internationalculturalexchange i i




Mediterranean,Egyptian,andNearEasterncivilizationsincontact i i i i i i i




"Heroicage"; i




- settingofHomer'sYpoems i i




Mycenaeans-CORRECTANSWER-CivilizationsinmainlandGreece/ Bronz i i i i i i i i




i age greeks i




/greeks=mycenaeans
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DarkAges-CORRECT ANSWER -Every thisbecomesrules artbecomes civil/
i i i i i i i i i i i




i 1250-800

Collapse of civilizations i i




/ People don't knowwhat caused the collapse but theybelieve maybe it was SeaPeoplesora Volcano/ In
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i Greece, the disappearance of writing i i i i




/Artregresses:GeometricPeriod
i i i i




ArchaicPeriod-CORRECTANSWER-Newwritingstarts Homer
i i i i i i i i




i and Hesiod authors that started
i i i i




/ 800-480 i




/ 776 BCEfirstOlympicGames
i i i i i

, /FormationofthePolis:Athens,Sparta
i i i i i i




/Reemergenceofwriting
i i i




/GreekYalphabetadaptedfromPhoenician
i i i i




/Populationgrown→colonization
i i i i




/ "Homer" becameto be
i i i i




/PersianWars
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HomericQuestion-CORRECTANSWER-WereboththeIliadandOdysseywrittenbythesamepoet?
i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i




Homer-CORRECT ANSWER-PoetfromIonia,late8thandearly 7th century
i i i i i i i i i i i i




Iliadplot-CORRECTANSWER-First-wordwrath
i i i i i i




Tragedy/lonelinessofthehero/containedintime/place i i i i i i i




- HelenwifeofMenelausiskidnappedandtakentoTroybytheTrojansforParis
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/The trojanwar is themain plot of this book/10 years long
i i i i i i i i i i i i i




/ Divin intervention
i i




/ Epic similes
i i




GreekideaifyouachieveArete(excellence)thenyouwillreceivetheproductKleos(fame)
i i i i i i i i i i i i




IliadGreeks-CORRECTANSWER--Menelausagonmemnonsbrother
i i i i i i i i




- Agamemnon

- Achilles

-Patroclus

- Briseis

- Odysseus/who hadthe idea of the trojan horse i i i i i i i i




- Helen



IliadTrojans-CORRECTANSWER--YPriam
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- Hector