16.
“Many men before now have slept with their
mothers in dreams. But he to whom
these things are as though nothing bears his life most easily.” Who says this?
.a. Freud b.
Levy-Strauss c.
Teiresias d.
Creon e.
Jocasta
7. “The
overvaluation of blood relations is to their undervaluationas the attempt to
escape autochthony is to the impossibility of succeeding in it.” Who says this?
a. Aristotle b. Freud c.
Plato d.
Levy-Strauss e. Walt
Disney
11. “Tragedy is a representation of
a serious, complete action.” What is the Greek term for representation?
a. drama b.
mania c.
anagnorisis d.
pharmakos e.
katharsis
2..The claim that the gods were men deified for their
great deeds is associated with
a. Sebeok b. Plato c. Euhemerus d. Dodds e. St. Augustine
23. Which of the following were contemporary with the Mycenaean
Age?
a. Sumerians b.
Akkadians c.
Babylonians d.
Hittites e.
Çatal Hüyük
24. Which
of the following did not write tragedies?
a.
Aeschylus b. Sophocles c. Hesiod d. Euripides
25. The Greek word meaning “song” that is
associated especially with poetry in dactylic hexameter is
a. choros b. aoidos c.
tragoidia d.
epos e.
agon
8.
“Autochthony” is a term referring to
a.
evil that is inherent in humans.
b. a “mistake of language” that explains
the nature of myth.
c.
the Greek method of performing sacrifices.
d.
the priority of men over women.
e. the emergence of people from the earth.
16. Which of the following is not associated with
Poseidon?
a.
earthquakes b.
horses c.
ships d. oaths e. the trident
5. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, who is sent by Zeus to Demeter and wins her assent
to the arrangements with Hades regarding Persephone?
a.
Semele b.
Hecate c.
Iris d.
Hermes e.
Rhea
6. “For nine days then she roamed over the earth holding
burning torches in her hands and in her grief did not eat any ambrosia or drink
sweet nectar, nor did she bathe her body.” Who is she?
a. Clytemnestra b.
Laodamia c.
Artemis d.
Antigone e.
Demeter
4. “For a long time she remained seated without a sound,
grieving; she did not by word or action acknowledge anyone; she sat wasted with
longing for her deep-bosomed daughter.”
She is
a. Demeter b. Iocasta c. Hera c. Danaë e. Clytemnestra
13. “Quietly she stood by the doorway, her lovely eyes fixed to
the ground, till Iambe tactfully brought her a stool and a silver-fleeced
cover. On it she sank, but held to
her face the veil of mourning.”
Who is being decribed?
a.
Athena b.
Demeter c.
Leto d. Semele e.
Metaneira
30. “You in your foolishness have done a thing that cannot be
remedied. . . I would have made your dear child
immortal and never to grow old in all his days.” Who is being addressed?
a.
Macaria b.
Metaneira c.
Iocasta d.
Semele e.
Leto
13.
Aphrodite’s love affair with Anchises results in
a. his being killed by a wild boar. b. her bearing a child whose name
means ‘dread’.
c. her driving him mad. d. a jealous act of retribution by
Hephaestus.
e. his being made into a god.
8. “You shall father a son, Aeneas, to be ruler over the
Trojans, and generations from him shall be born, one from another after my
terrible guilt at bedding a human.”
To whom does Aphrodite say this?
a.
Apollo b.
Anchises c.
Priam d. Paris e. Dardanus