Exam Prep Myths Of The Great God Apollo Chapter.7

Chapter 7: Myths of the Great God Apollo

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 - Question 01

1. The meaning of Apollo’s name is _______.

a. “bright”

b. “far-seer”

c. unknown

d. “healer”

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 02

2. Who is Apollo’s mother?

a. Leto

b. Chryseis

c. Maia

d. Dionê

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 03

3. In the Classical Period, Apollo is sometimes called a _______.

a. weather-god

b. sun-god

c. war-god

d. hunter-god

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 04

4. In the opening of Homer’s Iliad, the priest Chryses calls upon Apollo and invokes him as _______.

a. Lord of the Mice

b. the Cloud-Gatherer

c. Father of Gods and Men

d. the Mountain God

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 05

5. When she was pregnant, Leto was persecuted by which other goddess?

a. Hestia

b. Demeter

c. Aphrodite

d. Hera

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 06

6. On which island was Apollo born?

a. Santorini

b. Ortygia

c. Delos

d. Naxos

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 07

7. Which goddess was instrumental in helping Apollo to be born?

a. Thetis

b. Eileithyia

c. Aphrodite

d. Athena

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 08

8. After the Persian Wars, in 478 BC the island of Delos became the meeting ground for the ________.

a. Federation of Greek City-States

b. Peloponnesian League

c. Delian League

d. Corinthian Alliance

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 09

9. Apollo’s shrine at Delphi is perched on the slope of what mountain?

a. Mount Parnassus

b. Mount Pelion

c. Mount Olympus

d. Mount Ossa

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 10

10. What did Apollo do to the satyr Marsyas after defeating him in a musical contest?

a. He flayed Marsyas alive

b. He gave Marsyas the ears of a donkey

c. He took away Marsyas’s voice

d. He struck Marsyas blind

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 11

11. Apollo’s destruction of the serpent ______ is a Greek form of the ancient Eastern story of dragon combat (like the fight of Marduk against Tiamat).

a. Crisa

b. Glaukê

c. Telphousa

d. Python

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 12

12. The author of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo evidently derives Delphi from what Greek word?

a. delphis (“dolphin”)

b. dolos (“deception”)

c. dêladê (“without a doubt”)

d. delphax (“pig”)

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 13

13. The Greeks regarded Delphi as the center of the world, and the conical _______ marked the site as the world’s navel.

a. sphairos

b. kyklos

c. omphalos

d. demos

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 14

14. Where did the Pythia go when preparing to answer questions?

a. The adytum of Apollo’s temple

b. The furthest interior of the cave of Pan

c. To the top of the Pillar of the Naxians

d. Inside the treasury of Delos

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 15

15. Which of the following exhortations were carved on the temple of Apollo at Delphi?

a. “Fortune favors the bold”

b. “Know yourself”

c. “Nothing too much”

d. “Wash your hands”

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 16

16. Apollo failed to add one thing to his gift to the Sibyl at Cumae. What was it?

a. Wisdom

b. The ability to sleep

c. A long life

d. Lasting youth to accompany her long life

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 17

17. What does Daphnê’s name mean in Greek?

a. “laurel”

b. “bow”

c. “lyre”

d. “olive”

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 18

18. Apollo’s son, the Greek god of medicine, is _______.

a. Hyginus

b. Asclepius

c. Adonis

d. Hermaphroditus

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 19

19. Which of the following is not one of the functions of Apollo?

a. God of prophecy

b. God of healing

c. God of weaving

d. God of musical skill

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 - Question 20

20. The word shaman is Siberian for “_______.”

a. seeker

b. inner knowledge

c. he who knows

d. the one who cures

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Title: Chapter 07 - Question 21

21.

The figure on the left represents _______.

a. Leto

b. the Pythia

c. Cassandra

d. Daphnê