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What are traditional stories about gods and heroes called?
a) myths
b) epics
c) fables
d) drama
What are actions that are part of a religious ceremony called?
a) myths
b) rituals
c) oral traditions
d) psalms
a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess
a) throne
b) temple
c) oracle
d) myth
Where was the most famous oracle in Greece?
a) Temple of Apollo at Delphi
b) Temple of Zeus at Olympia
c) Temple of Horus at Edfu
d) Temple of Athena at Athens
Who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
a) Aeschylus
b) Herodotus
c) Aesop
d) Homer
What are stories meant to teach a lesson?
a) fables
b) myths
c) epics
d) oracles
the custom of passing along stories by speech
a) fables
b) oral tradition
c) myths
d) whisper down the lane
What is a drama?
a) a play where characters fail to overcome serious problems
b) a play that tells a humorous story
c) a story written in the form of a play
d) conflict and tension between two middle schoolers
What is a tragedy
a) a play in which characters fail to overcome serious problems
b) a play that tells a humorous story
c) a type of oral tradition
d) not studying for a test and then seeing the grade
What is a comedy
a) a play in which characters fail to overcome serious problems
b) a type of oral tradition
c) a play that tells a humorous story
d) a story meant to teach a lesson
Who was famous for writing fables?
a) Aesop
b) Homer
c) Sophocles
d) Aeschylus
Which playwright questioned whether it is better to obey orders or to do what one believes to be right?
a) Sophocles
b) Aeschylus
c) Euripides
d) Aristophanes
Who was the most famous writer of Greek comedies?
a) Sophocles
b) Aeschylus
c) Euripides
d) Aristophanes
What kind of columns is the Parthenon famous for having?
a) Doric
b) Ionian
c) Corinthian
d) Peloponnesian
What goddess did the Parthenon honor?
a) Hera
b) Aphrodite
c) Artemis
d) Athena
Why was Mount Olympus important to the Greeks?
a) It was the tallest mountain in Greece
b) It was home to their 12 most important gods/goddesses
c) It was where the Oracle of Delphi lived
d) It was the site of the Spartans famous last stand against the Persians
Who was the main hero of the Iliad?
a) Paris
b) Hector
c) Achilles
d) Ajax
What is the Iliad about?
a) The final years of the Trojan War
b) Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War
c) The Persian invasion of Greece
d) The final years of the Peloponnesian War
What was the Odyssey about?
a) The final years of the Trojan War
b) Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War
c) The Persian invasion of Greece
d) The final years of the Peloponnesian War
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