Deck 3: The Development of Classical Myth

Question 1

Which of the following is the oldest known agricultural community in the world?

A) Troy
B) Kush
C) Çatal Hüyük
D) Akkad

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The title Potnia Thêrôn, given by the Greeks to a specific representation of Artemis, means _______.

A) "mother goddess"
B) "slayer from afar"
C) "supreme archer"
D) "lady of the beasts"

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following are among the speculations about Indo-European myth?

A) That it included stories about twins
B) That it featured an early dualism between left and right
C) That it was monotheistic-that is, it centered on a single paternal male sky god
D) That it featured a primordial war between priests and warriors against food producers

Answer 3

A,B,D

Question 4

Homer gives us an account of a blind aoidos named _______ in Book 8 of the Odyssey.

A) Demodocus
B) Hector
C) Antenor
D) Alcinous

Question 5

The composer of the biblical book of _______ evidently borrowed stories from Mesopotamian myths to fashion his account.

A) Deuteronomy
B) Genesis
C) Revelation
D) 1 Kings

Question 6

A Sumerian deity lived in a tall, terraced temple in the city's center known as a _______.

A) tel
B) ziggurat
C) cenotaph
D) menhir

Question 7

The earliest myths on earth are recorded in what form of writing?

A) Linear A
B) Linear B
C) cuneiform
D) Egyptian hieroglyphs

Question 8

Which of the following is the Sumerian goddess of both sexual love and war?

A) Inanna
B) Ki
C) Ereshkigal
D) Anck-su-namun

Question 9

Which of the following is the Sumerian god associated with the groundwater found beneath the soil and fertilization?

A) Ereshkigal
B) Enki
C) Enlil
D) An

Question 10

The Akkadians, Babylonians, and Hebrews are all examples of the seminomadic peoples known as the _______.

A) Ubaids
B) Medes
C) Nabataeans
D) Semites

Question 11

The acme of Hebrew political power came about under what ruler, who built the first temple of Jerusalem?

A) Abraham
B) Moses
C) Solomon
D) Nebuchadnezzar

Question 12

The poems of _______ constitute the earliest Greek literature.

A) Homer
B) Hesiod
C) Phemius
D) Aeschylus

Question 13

Which of the following are the two surviving poems of Hesiod?

A) Theogony
B) Works and Days
C) Aithiopis
D) Cyclops

Question 14

The post-Homeric epics known as the Cyclic Poems were written down during which historical period?

A) Roman
B) Hellenistic
C) Classical
D) Archaic

Question 15

Ancient Greek performers adept at the memorization and public delivery of written epic poems were known as _______.

A) demiurges
B) choregoi
C) aoidoi
D) rhapsodes

Question 16

Which god is most closely associated with Greek theater and the origins of tragedy?

A) Apollo
B) Zeus
C) Dionysus
D) Hades

Question 17

Which of the following are not useful terms for the understanding of Greek tragedy and the myths it contains?

A) "pride"
B) "violence"
C) "tragic flaw"
D) "mistake"

Question 18

The tragedies of which playwright, often labelled an "irrationalist," reflect contemporary Athenian rhetoric and tend to center on debate?

A) Sophocles
B) Aristotle
C) Aeschylus
D) Euripides

Question 19

The most important treatment of the myth of Jason and the Argo is the Argonautica, a Hellenistic epic poem by _______.

A) Apollonius of Rhodes
B) Callimachus
C) Hyginus
D) Lycophron

Question 20

The poet Ovid's _______ is the most substantial and influential repertory of Greek myth.

A) Aeneid
B) The Golden Bough
C) Metamorphoses
D) Library

Question 21

What is the name of this structure?

A) tel
B) ziggurat
C) cenotaph
D) menhir