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Question #1
Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe wrote “one of the most revealing images of the status of women in Minoan society is the famous "Toreador fresco" in which young women, shown with the conventional white skin, and darker-skinned men, engage in the dangerous sport that appears to involve somersaulting over the back __________.” The back of what?
A.
horses
B.
dogs
C.
a charging bull
D.
lions
Question #2
A portion of The Republic includes The Allegory of the Cave. Who wrote The Republic?
A.
Plato
B.
Sophocles
C.
Augustus
D.
Aristotle
Question #3
According to Fiero, with what were the Spohists cocnerned?
A.
forming a society that beleived in only one god
B.
judging sculpture
C.
developing theories of the solar system
D.
defining the limits of human knowledge
Question #4
During the 5th century b.c.e. there were state-sponsored drama festivals. The festivals were dedicated to a god. Among many things, this was the god of wine, agriculture and the fertility of nature. This god has close parallels to the Roman god Bacchus. What is the name of this god?
A.
Apollo
B.
Athena
C.
Dionysus
D.
Tital
Question #5
Fiero calls this work, "the world's first treaties on literary criticism." What is the work and who wrote it?
A.
The work is The Poetics and Aristotle write it.
B.
The work is The Republic and Plato wrote
C.
The work is A Look at Good and Evil and Socrates wrote it.
D.
The work is Poetry: Line by Line and Sappho wrote it.
Question #6
In architecture, what is a frieze?
A.
the square panel between the beam ends under the roof of a structure
B.
a type of canopy
C.
a doorway
D.
a sculptured or ornamental band
Question #7
In The Republic, he engages in conversations. In The Clouds, a drama, he appears as a character. He didn't write these works. Fiero says of him, "he preferred to roam the streets of Athens and engage his fellow citizens in conversation and debate." He, Fiero says, felt "that the unexamined life is not worth living." Who is he?
A.
Socrates
B.
Sophocles
C.
Aristotle
D.
Aristophranes
Question #8
Lydian mode is:
A.
a musical term
B.
a sculpture technique
C.
a poetry/literary term
D.
an architectural term
Question #9
Oedipus is often considered the best-known character in Ancient Greek drama. In Greek drama, who is Antigone to Oedipus?
A.
only his mother
B.
his daughter
C.
only his wife
D.
his wife and mother
Question #10
The Parthenon was built under the leadership of this Athenian statesman and orator. Who was this person?
A.
Alexander the Great
B.
Julius Caesar
C.
Augustus
D.
Pericles
Question #11
The Winged Victory at Samothrace -- also called Nike of Samothrace -- is a, WHAT?
A.
Hellenistic sculpture
B.
A document ending a war
C.
Sculpture found in King Tut's tomb
D.
The first marble sculpture known to exist
Question #12
What does Fiero say is "central to all the arts of classical Greece"?
A.
"deep religious beliefs"
B.
"the human body and human experience"
C.
"meditation"
D.
"literacy"
Question #13
What is a krater?
A.
a kind of brick
B.
the foundation on which most buiding from Ancient Greece were built
C.
a carving tool
D.
a vessel used for mixing wine and water
Question #14
What is post and lintel?
A.
a method for creating sculptures in human
B.
a pottery term
C.
an architecture term
D.
an ancient Olympic sport
Question #15
Who is most often credited with writing The Iliad and The Odyssey?
A.
Sophocles
B.
Virgil
C.
Horace
D.
Homer
Question #16
Who is not known as a playwright?
A.
Aristophanes
B.
Socrates
C.
Sophocles
D.
Eurpides
Question #17
Who was queen of the gods and what is her Roman counterpart?
A.
She is Hestia. Her Roman counterpart is Vesta.
B.
She is Artemis. Her Roman counterpart is Aphrodite.
C.
She is Ares. Her Roman counterpart is Diana.
D.
She is Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juno.
Question #18
According the psychology professor Marshall Duke, the source of the word "monster" derives from what word?
A.
uncle
B.
covering
C.
warning
D.
night
Question #19
Art history professor Boona Wescoast says that, on the whole Greek monsters don't so something that Polyphemos, the cyclopse from Homer's Odyssey, does? What does Polyphemos do that is unusal when compared to many other Greek monsters?
A.
try to gobble people up
B.
try to rescue soldiers in battle
C.
try to fly
D.
try to dance
Question #20
Eli Hunt's theory on a lost Olympic sport centers on what item?
A.
hand restraints
B.
a wheeled vehicle
C.
a blindfold
D.
foot restraints
Question #21
How do Odysseus and his men escape the cyclopse monster, Polyphemos?
A.
They tie themselves underneath sheep.
B.
They construct wings and fly away.
C.
Athena turns them into lions, long enough for them to make their escape.
D.
THey masquerade as guests at a wedding party.
Question #22
How many years was Plato's academy open?
A.
nearly 1,000 years
B.
nearly 10 years
C.
less than one year
D.
nearly 100 years
Question #23
What is an hellanodikai?
A.
an island
B.
an Olympic judge
C.
a courtesan
D.
a vessel for holding oil
Question #24
What is areté?
A.
a musical instrument
B.
an eight line poem
C.
a cocept of virtue, excellence and goodness
D.
a kind of paint
Question #25
When he was born his person's mother Thetis attempted to make him immortal by dipping him in the sacred waters of the river Styx. Only she didn't dip one part. Who is this person? (This answer can be found at www.greek-gods.info.)
A.
Achilles
B.
Paris
C.
Agamemnon
D.
Odysseus
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