Deck 20: The Persistence of Mythglossary Selected Bibliography Credits Index

Question 1

Many modern ecologists make use of which classical figure in Greek mythology as their symbol?

A) Athene
B) Cronus
C) Poseidon
D) Gaea

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Ovid's Art of Love was so risky and so sensual that it has had very little influence on later literature of the West.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

One of the four basic ways of transmitting mythic material today is to make ancient plays or poems accessible to modern readers through modern translations and performances.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Modern advertising often uses mythic images as emblems.

Question 5

Sir Philip Sidney's sonnets deal with the conflict between Ovidian images and Christian belief.

Question 6

Rubens and Poussin painted different versions of Romans raping the Sabine women.

Question 7

In the late Middle Ages, classical mythology was rediscovered through the works of Ovid and Virgil.

Question 8

Dante was inspired by Ovid's poems about the art of love.

Question 9

During the Dark Ages, the hero of classical mythology was considered inappropriate for a Christian focus on humility and otherworldliness.

Question 10

Revisionism of classical mythology began in the Renaissance.

Question 11

Even the ancient Greek playwrights wrote critical revisions of classical myths.

Question 12

Later translations of ancient works reveal much about the translator's own era.

Question 13

In the early Middle Ages, classical mythology was rediscovered through the works of Euripides and Sophocles.

Question 14

Many modern French playwrights, such as Jean Paul Sartre, updated Greek myths and incorporated them into their plays.

Question 15

In the Renaissance, Doctor Faustus is compared with Icarus; in the Romantic period, he is compared with Prometheus.

Question 16

The study of Greek was revived in the Romantic Age after having been unpopular during the Renaissance.

Question 17

Opera began with stories borrowed from Greek mythology.

Question 18

During the Renaissance, the character of Icarus represented a lesson in the necessity of the Golden Mean of moderation.

Question 19

In the late Middle Ages, classical mythology was rediscovered through the works of which writers?

A) Virgil and Ovid
B) Euripides and Sophocles
C) Dante and Petrarch
D) Plato and Aristotle

Question 20

For the Greeks, Icarus represented a lesson in the necessity of the Golden Mean of moderation.

Question 21

In looking at various depictions of Venus through the ages, we can see

A) that all artists love to paint naked women.
B) how the role of erotic love has changed in different periods of history.
C) how artists' ability to paint realistically has steadily improved through the ages.
D) how Venus used to be thought beautiful but now is thought to be hideous.

Question 22

Which event in classical mythology did both Rubens and Poussin paint?

A) the rape of the Sabine women
B) the rape of the Lapith women
C) the fall of Icarus
D) Prometheus chained to the rock

Question 23

Which historical personality of the early nineteenth century has been compared to Prometheus?

A) Beethoven
B) Dr. Frankenstein
C) Napoleon
D) Lord Byron

Question 24

For the Greeks, Icarus represented a certain moral lesson. Which one?

A) a lesson of the audacious spirit breaking through the limits of conventions
B) a lesson in the necessity of the Golden Mean of moderation
C) a lesson in the indifference of the gods to human suffering
D) a lesson in human civic duty