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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. 'unknown land'






2. 'The things that must be done' - a to-do list






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






4. 'per year'






5. The three-headed dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld






6. 500






7. Volcano which erupted in AD 79 and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum






8. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






9. Doctor of medicine






10. After midday/noon






11. Gladiator who led an uprising of slaves against the Romans in the 1st c. BC






12. After midday/noon






13. Mother Earth; the wife of Uranus & the sky; she gave birth to the Titans & the Cyclopes & and the Hundred-Handed Ones






14. 500






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






16. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts






17. 'And others'






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






19. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent






20. 'After death'






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






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






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






24. Market place/business center






25. God of wine and revelry; son of Zeus and Semele






26. Writing after the body of a letter






27. 'my fault' ; tua culpa -'your fault'






28. 'Time flies/flees'






29. Prince of Troy Who was killed by Achilles in the Iliad; Achilles tied Hector's dead body to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the city walls three times






30. The male head of a Roman family






31. Sorceress & wife of Jason; killed their children to get revenge on Jason for leaving her






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






33. River that runs through the city of Rome






34. The 9 goddesses who looked after the arts and inspired men in those arts






35. 'Word for word'






36. 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)






37. River that runs through the city of Rome






38. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'






39. Doctor of medicine






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






41. 5






42. The male head of a Roman family






43. Blind poet Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey






44. 'great-souled & high-minded'






45. Goddess of the hunt






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






47. Goddess of the hearth






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






49. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree






50. Sailed with the Argonauts to take the Golden Fleece