Deck 2: The Greek World

Question 1

Which of the following is the Greek term for "top of the city"?

A) polis
B) metropolis
C) acropolis
D) colonnade

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following literary pieces was first to detail the Greek pantheon?

A) the Iliad
B) the Odyssey
C) Works and Days
D) Theogony

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Why are the Homeric epics significant?

A) The bardic tradition changed the narratives with each retelling, morphing them into epic tales.
B) The narratives include political events, revealing the early connection of Cycladic trade to the Egyptians.
C) The narratives are grounded in the history of the Greeks, thus describing and preserving the culture.
D) The narratives reveal economic status and domestic details of life in the age of Pericles.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Following the decisive battle of Marathon in 490 BCE,who ran the 26 miles between Marathon and Athens to deliver word of the Greek victory to the anxious citizens of Athens?

A) Miltiades
B) Phidippides
C) Themistocles
D) Darius

Question 5

Which ancient Greek city-state was the home to the Sanctuary of Apollo?

A) Athens
B) Delphi
C) Thebes
D) Corinth

Question 6

Who is the legendary ruler of Crete's ancient capital,Knossos?

A) Priam
B) Minos
C) Aegeus
D) Agamemnon

Question 7

Odysseus's faithful and virtuous wife Penelope represents what essential quality?

A) areté
B) hubris
C) aegis
D) siren

Question 8

What is historically significant about Hesiod's Works and Days?

A) This work includes important details about agricultural production and social conditions.
B) This work provides an economic record of grain and olive oil exports.
C) The work documents the political implications of trade routes through the Adriatic Sea.
D) Hesiod reveals his own narrative within this work, the first known autobiography written.

Question 9

In ancient Greek architecture,which of the following orders featured scrolled capitals?

A) Corinthian
B) Doric
C) Ionic
D) Composite

Question 10

Which of the following is the Greek term for city-state?

A) polis
B) acropolis
C) agora
D) politeia

Question 11

Which of the following is the Greek term for an open meeting place?

A) polis
B) acropolis
C) metropolis
D) agora

Question 12

Which of the following is the Greek term for "the good or flourishing life"?

A) arête
B) pistis
C) energeia
D) eudaimonia

Question 13

Which of the following is the name for a Greek vase with two handles?

A) amphora
B) areté
C) labrys
D) pyx

Question 14

Who is considered the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?

A) Homer
B) Socrates
C) Plato
D) Aristotle

Question 15

Why is the structure known as the Lion Gate referred to as "cyclopean masonry"?

A) The gate is surrounded by huge, rough-hewn stones that only the giants known as Cyclopes could have carried.
B) The original form included a dedication to the Odysseus, who outsmarted the legendary Cyclopes.
C) The single opening at the north entrance mirrored the single eye of the Cyclopes.
D) The stones were large, round and smooth-cut to mimic Cyclopes' eyes.

Question 16

Which of the following is the legendary Minoan queen who gave birth to the Minotaur?

A) Pasiphae
B) Ariadne
C) Aegeus
D) Daedalus

Question 17

Which of the following words is derived from the Greek word meaning "rule of the people"?

A) areté
B) eudaimonia
C) anarchy
D) democracy

Question 18

What is significant about Herodotus' Histories?

A) Herodotus was the first Greek historian and his work tells of Xerxes' invasion of Greece.
B) He was the primary strategist for Darius, recounting stories of military battles as strategic lessons.
C) He was an Athenian statesman and general who saved Athens by predicting an attack.
D) He was the founder of the political system of demes that eventually became a democracy.

Question 19

Which of the following Greek terms can be translated as "virtue" and can be interpreted as "reaching one's highest potential"?

A) labrys
B) areté
C) tholos
D) kyklos

Question 20

What is suggested by the decorative frescoes found at Akrotiri (on the island of Thera in the Cyclades)and in Minoan palaces?

A) The two cities shared a mutual cultural influence by the start of the second millennium.
B) Cultural similarities are connected to the practice of the same religious traditions.
C) These frescoes reflect the limitation of artists' materials at the time.
D) The creative styles were limited by political mandates.

Question 21

Among the pre-Socratics in the fifth century BCE,who conceived of an atomic theory in which everything is made up of small,indivisible particles and empty space?

A) Plato
B) Protagoras
C) Heraclitus
D) Leucippus

Question 22

On the Athenian Acropolis,which of the following was considered the centerpiece?

A) the Propylaia
B) the Parthenon
C) the Erechtheion
D) the Temple of Athena Nike

Question 23

Summarize the features that distinguish the kouros and the kore,citing the development in clothing worn by korai.

Question 24

Explain the importance of areté among the ancient Greeks.

Question 25

Discuss Pericles' meaning in saying that Athens was "the school of the Hellas."

Question 26

According to Aristotle's Poetics,who undergoes catharsis (the cleansing,purification,or purgation of the soul)?

A) the protagonist
B) the antagonist
C) the chorus
D) the audience

Question 27

Discuss several ways in which the ancient Greek gods might be considered "more human than humans."

Question 28

Rumors about the forces of the kingdom of the Ganges discouraged Alexander's army from advancing farther to the east in the Indian peninsula.What imposing component might this Ganges army have included?

A) 5,000 archers
B) 5,000 lancers
C) 5,000 elephants
D) 5,000 horse-drawn chariots

Question 29

Explain the significance of Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos.

Question 30

Who is responsible for one of the most famous of all Greek dictums,"Man is the measure of all things"?

A) Democritus
B) Protagoras
C) Heraclitus
D) Leucippus

Question 31

In the ancient Greek theater,what term identifies the elevated platform on which the actors performed?

A) skene
B) parados
C) orchestra
D) proscenium