CLAS 260 FINAL EXAM_ Trojan War, Agamemnon, Odysseus _ Fall 2020

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.