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Classical Literacy

Subject : literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 'Work conquers all'






2. 'peace be with you'






3. 'The end'






4. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'






5. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up






6. The city in Northern Africa that the Romans fought and destroyed during the Punic Wars (264-146 BC.)






7. 'Always faithful' - motto of the US Marines






8. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit






9. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus






10. God of love and desire; son of Aphrodite






11. 'And others'






12. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite






13. A long poem that narrates the deeds of a hero or the history of a nation & e.g. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey






14. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre






15. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'






16. 'from the library of' used as an inscription on a bookplate to show the name of the book's owner: ex libris Mark Twain.






17. First emperor of the Roman Empire; adopted son of Julius Caesar; member of the 2nd Triumvirate; also known as Octavian






18. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War






19. 50






20. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor






21. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)






22. Daughter of Demeter; kidnapped by Hades to make her his queen






23. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






24. God of war






25. 'After death'






26. 10






27. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79






28. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)






29. 'per year'






30. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare






31. Temple devoted to Athena; located on the Acropolis of Athens






32. 'This for that &' a fair trade






33. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband






34. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything






35. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery






36. Goddess of the hunt






37. 100






38. 'Word for word'






39. Twin brothers & raised by a wolf; Romulus killed Remus and founded Rome






40. The norms or values of a society






41. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a






42. After midday/noon






43. Goddess of love






44. 'The other way around'






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46. Sea to the west of Greece; named after King Aegeus after he drowned himself in the sea thinking his son Theseus was dead






47. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)






48. 'The end'






49. Goddess of wisdom






50. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War