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Rutgers University CLASSICS 207 Midterm 1)Book 5 of the Iliad (i

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CLASSICS 207

Midterm

1)Book 5 of the Iliad (i.e what we read for class) mostly was about which hero’s exploits?

A)           Diomedes

 

B)            Anchises

 

C)            Aeneas

 

D)           Heracles

 

2)            The belief that human beings are mostly the same in the past as they are now is called

 

a)            Historicism

 

b)            Textualism

 

c)            Idealism

 

d)            Humanism

 

3)            Dido is the queen of what city?

 

A)           Rome

 

B)            Carthage

 

C)            Pylos

 

D)           Troy

 

4)            The claim that Hissarlik is the site of ancient Troy is

 

A)           A fact

 

B)            An observation

 

C)            An inference

 

D)           A thesis

 

5)            Alaksandu, a name that comes up in Hittite documents at the end of the Bronze Age bears a strong resemblance to Alexander another name for:

A)           Achilles

 

B)            Paris

 

C)            Heracles

 

D)           Aeneas

 

6)            What is the name of the man who survived the flood in Gilgamesh?

 

A)           Deucalion

 

B)            Prometheus

 

C)            Enki

 

D)           Utu-Napisthim

 

 

7)            With which mortal does Aphrodite fall in love in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite

 

a)            Diomedes

 

b)            Heracles

 

c)            Anchises

 

d)            Aeneas

 

 

8)            The Punic Wars were fought between

 

A)           Rome and Carthage

 

B)            Pylos and Carthage

 

C)            Athens and Carthage

 

D)           Thebes and Carthage

 

9)            What is the relationship of Gilgamesh to Enkidu

 

A)           Son

 

B)            Father

 

C)            Friend

 

D)           Enemy

 

10)          What monster does Perseus kill?

 

A)           Medusa

 

B)            The Hydra

 

C)            The Minotaur

 

D)           Humbaba

 

11)          Who does Jason marry after she helps him and then abandons her later in Corinth?

 

A)           Pasiphae

 

B)            Ariadne

 

C)            Europa

 

D)           Medea

 

12)          Because desire (pothos) is an important part of Phoenician creation myths, it is appropriate that a figure with the name pothos appears on a vase that depicts:

 

A)           Europa

 

B)            Cadmus

 

C)            Dido

 

D)           Melqart

 

 

13)          The statement that the name Ahhiyawa in several Hittite letters is similar to the name Achaeans is

 

A)           A fact

 

B)            An inference

 

C)            An observation

 

D)           A thesis

 

 

14)          Who sculpted a statue that became a real woman?

 

a)            Myrrha

 

b)            Hephaestus

 

c)            Aphrodite

 

d)            Pygmalion

 

15)          Who adandoned Ariadne on the Island of Naxos?

 

A)           Perseus

 

B)            Eurystheus

 

C)            Heracles

 

D)           Theseus

 

16)          Pictures of Perseus riding Pegasus, the winged horse, even though every ancient version says he flew with winged sandals, are an example of:

A)           Textualism

 

B)            Humanism

 

C)            Idealism

 

D)           Historicism

 

 

17)          Who wanted to have sex with a bull?

 

A)           Ariadne

 

B)            Medea

 

C)            Myrrha

 

D)           Pasiphae

 

18)          The relationship of Cadmus to Europa was:

 

A)           Father

 

B)            Son

 

C)            Brother

 

D)           Husband

 

19)          Who grants Hestia the right to remain unmarried?

 

A)           Zeus

 

B)            Hera

 

C)            Aphrodite

 

D)           Eurystheus

 

20)          Who killed the Nemean Lion?

 

A)           Heracles

 

B)            John Carter lord of Mars

 

C)            Perseus

 

D)           Theseus

 

21)          Prodicus told a story about which hero?

 

A)           Aeneas

 

B)            Heracles

 

C)            Perseus

 

D)           Theseus

 

 

22)          What Greek hero came upon the lotos eaters in his travels?

 

A)           Heracles

 

B)            PUIGOUYF the ancient alien from Sirius

 

C)            Theseus

 

D)           Odysseus