SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Classical Literacy
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. 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
the furies
the Odyssey
Icarus & Daedalus
labor vincit omnia
2. Goddess of love
agenda
Pegasus
Aphrodite/Venus
Gorgons
3. Used on documents & coins & monuments & etc. as an official signature of the Roman government
Tantalus
semper fidelis
SPQR
terra incognita
4. The technical biological term for the human species
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
5. The ferryman for the river Styx going into the underworld
Charon
Priam
terra incognita
in toto
6. Goddess of the hearth
Hestia/Vesta
Artemis/Diana
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
p.o./ per os
7. The Underworld; in early mythology & everyone went to Tartarus after they died; in later mythology & only bad people went to Tartarus after they died
Tantalus
C (Roman numeral)
Tartarus
Persephone/Proserpina
8. 'in memory of'
sic semper tyrannis
Sicily
in memoriam
sic transit gloria mundi
9. 'This for that &' a fair trade
Ariadne
quid pro quo
valedictorian
vice versa
10. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
e.g./exempli gratia
marathon
laurels
quid pro quo
11. God of the sun & light & reason & and the lyre
Demeter/Ceres
Pantheon
marathon
Apollo/Apollo
12. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
in loco parentis
Achilles' heel
ad nauseam
Parthenon
13. 'Thus passes the glory of the world.' i.e. 'Worldly things are fleeting.'
Caesar
sic transit gloria mundi
Hydra
Iliad
14. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
fasces
sic transit gloria mundi
Tiber
in toto
15. 'peace be with you'
Priam
jovial
pax vobiscum
Dionysus/Bacchus
16. 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
Gorgons
Athens/Acropolis
aqueduct
Cyclops
17. Home of the Greek gods
in toto
jovial
Mt. Olympus
terra firma
18. Doctor of medicine
Hephaestus/Vulcan
in loco parentis
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
ex libris
19. The oracle of Apollo; people visited the oracle for guidance and predictions of the future
Hydra
Spartacus
sub rosa
Delphic Oracle
20. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
Hercules/Heracles
Orpheus & Eurydice
Athens/Acropolis
pax vobiscum
21. Goddess of love
Aphrodite/Venus
Jove
Helen
Charon
22. 'seize the day'
ex libris
Odysseus/Ulysses
Homer
carpe diem
23. A series of three wars between Rome and Carthage & a Phoenician city in Northern Africa & for control of the Mediterranean (264-146 BC)
Punic Wars
apple of discord
pro tempore
X (Roman numeral)
24. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
verbatim
Parthenon
vice versa
mellifluous
25. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
Daedalus
aqueduct
Dionysus/Bacchus
tribune
26. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
errare humanum est
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Pan
Ares/Mars
27. 'note well' i.e. take note
Punic Wars
in memoriam
N.B./nota bene
ex officio
28. 'All-knowing'
omniscient
mentor
vice versa
epic
29. 'Word for word'
Apollo/Apollo
verbatim
Hermes/Mercury
fasces
30. Another name for Zeus/Jupiter
post mortem
semper fidelis
Pegasus
Jove
31. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC
Helen
Spartacus
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
Excelsior!
32. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
aqueduct
Pax Romana
Augustus
mentor
33. God of metallurgy (metal working); married to Aphrodite
Tantalus
the Odyssey
iota
Hephaestus/Vulcan
34. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her
D (Roman numeral)
Paris
veto
Delphic Oracle
35. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list
sub poena
agenda
sic transit gloria mundi
Romulus and Remus
36. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Uranus
omniscient
A.D./anno Domini
Sparta
37. Lived in the Labyrinth; fed off of Athenian youths; killed by Theseus
V (Roman numeral)
Daedalus
Apollo/Apollo
Minotaur
38. In early mythology & the resting place of heroes; the later mythology & where good people went in the afterlife
Trojan Horse
Elysian Fields/Elysium
Athena/Minerva
Nike/Victoria
39. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum
papyrus
Trojan Horse
Iliad
Mt. Vesuvius
40. 'seize the day'
carpe diem
Pandora
P.S./post scriptum
P.M./post meridiem
41. 'before midday &' in the morning & before noon
mosaic
A.M./ante meridiem
Homer
lapsus linguae
42. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
Tartarus
Perseus & Medusa
mellifluous
marathon
43. Literally 'the greatest bridge' -- the chief priest of Roman religion (later & the emperor took on this role); now used to refer to the Pope & the head of the Catholic Church
Persephone/Proserpina
finis
Hades/Pluto
pontifex maximus
44. A mural painted directly onto wet plaster (fresco means 'fresh' in Italian)
Aphrodite/Venus
Jason
Hermes/Mercury
fresco
45. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
apple of discord
Prometheus
agora/forum
Pompeii
46. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Circus Maximus
P.S./post scriptum
the Fates
Hermes/Mercury
47. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her
Chaos
patrician
Daedalus
Paris
48. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Styx
jovial
ex officio
49. 'With highest honors' graduating from college in the highest grade scale
Carthage
summa cum laude
ambrosia and nectar
Mt. Parnassus
50. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her
Daedalus
Medea
the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses