Greek Civilization Ch. 8 Les 1 Quiz

A long poem about heroic deeds

• myth

• fable

• epic

• tall tale

a short tale that teaches a lesson or has a moral to the story.

• myth

• fable

• epic

• a long story

a priest or priestess who could tell the future

• fortune teller

• oracle

• ephor

• sophists

a traditional story about gods and goddesses

• myth

• fable

• epic

• tall tale

The custom of passing along stories by speech.

• gossip

• fire side stories

• oral tradition

• sophist

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their...

• religious beliefs

• love of poetry

• love of sports

• political beliefs

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

• Aesop

• Odysseus

• Homer

• Croesus

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

• epic and tragedy

• comedy and tragedy

• myth and fable

• comedy and myth

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

• Aristophanes

• Homer

• Aesop

• Sophocles

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

• Athenian

• Parthenon

• Corinthian

• Gregorian