Deck 4: The World of Greek Thought and Culture

Question 1

What is the name of the form of Greek spoken by Alexander's soldiers that became so widespread that the Jews of Alexandria translated the Hebrew Bible into it and that early Christian churches produced their own Scripture,the New Testament,in it?

A)koinē
B)Aramaic
C)diaspora
D)Hellene

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The Epicureans claimed that everything was material,ergo,there are no immaterial souls (when your body dies,so does your mind)or God; therefore,people ought to create their own individual purposes in life.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The apostle Paul promoted Hellenism through the eastern Mediterranean region.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In Mithraism,only women are admitted into God's service.

Question 5

Stoicism urged the individual to listen to the divine element within and to attain a state of harmony with nature and the universe.

Question 6

What elements of Cynic principles can you find in Jesus' instructions to his disciples?

A)a skeptical stance towards anything metaphysical
B)criticism of the Pharisees
C)the drinking of wine
D)scorning creature comforts,traveling barefoot,and begging,such as when Jesus told his disciples to wander barefoot throughout Israel preaching the kingdom and to rely on hand-outs to survive

Question 7

What was the gift that Dionysus bestowed upon humanity?

A)the art of wine making
B)immortality
C)grain (or bread)
D)his body and blood

Question 8

Hellenism promoted a city-state focused world-view or outlook that discouraged learning about other cultures or sharing information.

Question 9

Among the Olympians,Dionysus was the only major deity to endure rejection,suffering,and death before ascending to heaven.

Question 10

Plato's dualistic view of reality,particularly about the immortality of the soul and the effects of decisions made in this life on posthumous rewards and punishments,became common knowledge during the Hellenistic era and,in turn,had a profound effect on

A)Western religion.
B)Islamic traditions.
C)the manner in which sacrifices would be carried out under Mosaic Law.
D)God.

Question 11

"Philosophy" means

A)the study of ethics.
B)friendship.
C)love of wisdom.
D)the pursuit of happiness.

Question 12

_________ was the Hellenistic city located only four miles from Jesus' home village of Nazareth and where Jesus perhaps acquired some knowledge of Greek ideas.

A)Jerusalem
B)Galilee
C)Sepphoris
D)Alexandria

Question 13

Isis was known as goddess of "a thousand names."

Question 14

What Greco-Roman mythical figure had divine parentage,experienced a violent death,descended into the Underworld,and was resurrected into immortal life - just like Jesus?

A)Dionysus
B)Zeus
C)Poseidon
D)Hera

Question 15

When Paul discusses self-control and the ability to endure suffering,he echoes the values of a philosophy that was commonplace in Greco-Roman society.Which philosophy?

A)Epicureanism
B)Stoicism
C)Dualism
D)Utilitarianism

Question 16

This period in Western history is arbitrarily dated as beginning with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE and stretching into the early centuries of the common era.

A)the Roman period
B)the Persian period
C)the Maccabean period
D)the Hellenistic period

Question 17

Alexander the Great conquered the eastern Mediterranean region,including Palestine,in the late fourth century BCE.

Question 18

Wine was the drink that sealed the communion between Jesus and his disciples,as well as in the Greek myth of Dionysus and humanity.

Question 19

What was Jesus' first recorded miraculous act?

A)raising the dead
B)healing the blind
C)feeding 5,000 people from a couple of fish
D)changing water into wine

Question 20

Epicurus profoundly influenced the history of Western religion,especially later beliefs about the immortality of the soul and the effects that decisions made in this life can have on posthumous rewards and punishments.