Deck 29: Greece: Demeter and Persephone

Question 1

The cult of Demeter grew to be respected by all Greeks after sacrificial offerings to her ____________________.

A) brought about miracles
B) ended a famine
C) found marriage partners for worshippers
D) brought Persephone back from Hades

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In a mystery religion, such as the cult of Demeter, __________________________________.

A) no one knows the basis of the ritual
B) the identity of the members is kept secret
C) only the priests participate in the ritual
D) only the initiated reap the benefits

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Docetism is a form of _______________, in which the only reality is divine and the world only seems real.

A) gnosticism
B) hedonism
C) monism
D) asceticism

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In the Hymn to Demeter, Persephone is betrothed to Aidoneus by her father, _______________.

A) Prometheus
B) Apollo
C) Kronos
D) Zeus

Question 5

Aidoneus is the son of _____________.

A) Prometheus
B) Apollo
C) Kronos
D) Zeus

Question 6

In the Hymn to Demeter, Hekate is described as "carrying a light" because she is the goddess of ______________.

A) the sun
B) enlightenment
C) the moon
D) light

Question 7

____________, the mother of Demophöon, recognizes that Demeter is a noble woman.

A) Metaneira
B) Iambe
C) Demo
D) Hekate

Question 8

Demeter secretly put Demophöon into the fire in order to ________________.

A) give him great strength
B) hide him
C) kill him
D) make him immortal

Question 9

Persephone must remain with Aidoneus in the underworld for 1/3 of the year because _____________________.

A) he wants her to, and he is a god
B) her mother's argument was not strong enough
C) she had been betrothed to him by her father
D) she ate the pomegranate seed that he had given her

Question 10

Rhea tells Demeter she must ______________ as part of the bargain to release Persephone for 2/3 of the year.

A) forgive Zeus
B) spend a season in Hades
C) bring back fertile agriculture
D) form a religious mystery cult

Question 11

The Hymn to Demeter was a ______________ version of the myth because of its assumed use at ceremonies in her honor.

Question 12

Demeter's major shrine was at ______________, near Athens.

Question 13

__________________ is Demeter's daughter.

Question 14

Demeter is the Greek goddess of ____________________.

Question 15

At the time of Homer, Greeks tended to be ______________, who believed that when the body dies, the soul is also destroyed and recycled.

Question 16

The Hymn to Demeter represents a change in Greek thought to a kind of _____________, in which the soul is saved through the knowledge obtained through the experience of the mysteries.

Question 17

_____________ is Demeter's mother.

Question 18

Demeter is asked to become the nursemaid for _______________.

Question 19

________________, the messenger god, goes down to the underworld to reason with Aidoneus about Persephone's situation.

Question 20

A ______________________ insight of the myth of Demeter is that it explains the origin of the significance of the seasons.