6.1 quiz

a long poem about heroic deeds

• epic
• fable
• oracle
• myth

a short tale that teaches a lesson

• fable
• oracle
• myth
• oral tradition

a priest or priestess who could tell the future

• oracle
• myth
• oral tradition
• epic

a traditional story about Gods and Goddesses

• myth
• oral tradition
• epic
• fable

the custom of passing along stories by speech

• oral tradition
• epic
• fable
• oracle

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

• religious beliefs.
• love of poetry.
• love of sport.
• political beliefs.

This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the Iliad.

• Homer
• Croesus
• Odysseus
• Aesop

What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?

• comedy and tragedy
• myth and fable
• epic and tragedy
• comedy and myth

. The three best-known dramatists who wrote Greek tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripides, and

• Sophocles.
• Aesop.
• Homer.
• Aristophanes.

The three types of columns the Greeks used in their buildings were Doric, Ionic, and

• Corinthian.
• Athenian.
• Parthenon.
• Gregorian.