Test Bank Chapter 3 The Development Of Classical Myth

Chapter 3: The Development of Classical Myth

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 03 - Question 01

1. Which of the following is the oldest known agricultural community in the world?

a. Troy

b. Kush

c. Çatal Hüyük

d. Akkad

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 02

2. The title Potnia Thêrôn, given by the Greeks to a specific representation of Artemis, means _______.

a. “mother goddess”

b. “slayer from afar”

c. “supreme archer”

d. “lady of the beasts”

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 03

3. Which of the following are among the speculations about Indo-European myth?

a. That it included stories about twins

b. That it featured an early dualism between left and right

c. That it was monotheistic—that is, it centered on a single paternal male sky god

d. That it featured a primordial war between priests and warriors against food producers

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 04

4. Homer gives us an account of a blind aoidos named _______ in Book 8 of the Odyssey.

a. Demodocus

b. Hector

c. Antenor

d. Alcinous

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 05

5. The composer of the biblical book of _______ evidently borrowed stories from Mesopotamian myths to fashion his account.

a. Deuteronomy

b. Genesis

c. Revelation

d. 1 Kings

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 06

6. A Sumerian deity lived in a tall, terraced temple in the city’s center known as a _______.

a. tel

b. ziggurat

c. cenotaph

d. menhir

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 07

7. The earliest myths on earth are recorded in what form of writing?

a. Linear A

b. Linear B

c. cuneiform

d. Egyptian hieroglyphs

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 08

8. Which of the following is the Sumerian goddess of both sexual love and war?

a. Inanna

b. Ki

c. Ereshkigal

d. Anck-su-namun

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 09

9. Which of the following is the Sumerian god associated with the groundwater found beneath the soil and fertilization?

a. Ereshkigal

b. Enki

c. Enlil

d. An

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 10

10. The Akkadians, Babylonians, and Hebrews are all examples of the seminomadic peoples known as the _______.

a. Ubaids

b. Medes

c. Nabataeans

d. Semites

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 11

11. The acme of Hebrew political power came about under what ruler, who built the first temple of Jerusalem?

a. Abraham

b. Moses

c. Solomon

d. Nebuchadnezzar

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 12

12. The poems of _______ constitute the earliest Greek literature.

a. Homer

b. Hesiod

c. Phemius

d. Aeschylus

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 13

13. Which of the following are the two surviving poems of Hesiod?

a. Theogony

b. Works and Days

c. Aithiopis

d. Cyclops

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 14

14. The post-Homeric epics known as the Cyclic Poems were written down during which historical period?

a. Roman

b. Hellenistic

c. Classical

d. Archaic

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 15

15. Ancient Greek performers adept at the memorization and public delivery of written epic poems were known as _______.

a. demiurges

b. choregoi

c. aoidoi

d. rhapsodes

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 16

16. Which god is most closely associated with Greek theater and the origins of tragedy?

a. Apollo

b. Zeus

c. Dionysus

d. Hades

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 17

17. Which of the following are not useful terms for the understanding of Greek tragedy and the myths it contains?

a. “pride”

b. “violence”

c. “tragic flaw”

d. “mistake”

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 18

18. The tragedies of which playwright, often labelled an “irrationalist,” reflect contemporary Athenian rhetoric and tend to center on debate?

a. Sophocles

b. Aristotle

c. Aeschylus

d. Euripides

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 19

19. The most important treatment of the myth of Jason and the Argo is the Argonautica, a Hellenistic epic poem by _______.

a. Apollonius of Rhodes

b. Callimachus

c. Hyginus

d. Lycophron

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 20

20. The poet Ovid’s _______ is the most substantial and influential repertory of Greek myth.

a. Aeneid

b. The Golden Bough

c. Metamorphoses

d. Library

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Title: Chapter 03 - Question 21

21.

What is the name of this structure?

a. tel

b. ziggurat

c. cenotaph

d. menhir