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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. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill






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






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






4. 'great work'






5. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future






6. 'seize the day'






7. 'I'






8. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)






9. 500






10. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death






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






12. Winged horse which flew from the neck of Medusa the Gorgon after Perseus cut off her head






13. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale






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






15. 'The end'






16. 'Always prepared'






17. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus






18. Goddess of the hearth






19. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur






20. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride






21. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)






22. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon






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






24. Speaker's platform in the forum & which was decorated with the prows of ships the Romans captured in war (rostrum means 'beak & prow of a ship')






25. Reception hall (like the living room) in a Roman house






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






27. 'And others'






28. A polis (city-state) in Greece & center of art and philosophy & named after Athena (its patron goddess); the Acropolis was the hill in Athens where many temples (including the Parthenon & the temple to Athena) were located






29. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it






30. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






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






32. 'The state in which'






33. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'






34. 'by mouth' - used on prescription medicines that have to be taken orally






35. Religion in Which many gods are worshipped (from Greek poly 'many' and theoi 'gods')






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






37. 'beware of the dog'






38. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






39. 'To the point of sickness' - doing/saying something over and over until everyone is sick and tired of it






40. Doctor of medicine






41. 'unknown land'






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






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






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






45. Through & by way of (from via- road & way)






46. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived






47. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)






48. Maze under the palace of Palace of Minos at Crete & where the Minotaur (half man & half bull) was thought to have been imprisoned






49. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld






50. The messenger god; god of thieves and travelers; son of Zeus; invented the lyre; escorted people to the Underworld when they died