Quiz 8 - 1 Practice

Greek poems and stories are some of the oldest literature in Western civilization. What does the word literature mean?

• myths about Greek gods and goddesses

• architectural buildings

• written publications, texts, writings

What were two great Greek epics?

• Troy and Alexander the Great

• the Iliad and the Odyssey

• the Iliad and the story of Zeus

In the epic called The Iliad, the Greeks were fighting the Trojans (who live in the city of Troy). The Greeks trick the Trojans into accepting a _________________________.

• huge, hollow wooden horse as a victory prize

• huge, hollow wooden oracle as a victory prize

• a group of soldiers to fight in a final battle

Why do people use the word odyssey to describe a long, exciting journey?

• because the Greeks visited an odyssey in ancient times to find out about the future.

• because the Greek epic, the Iliad, describes how the Greeks tricked the Trojans into accepting the huge horse that was actually filled with Greek soldiers.

• because the Greek epic, the Odyssey, describes Odysseus's long trip home from the Trojan war in which he had to fight monsters and witches along the way.

Who wrote the Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Pericles

• Homer

• King Leonidas

• Aesop

Besides epics, Greeks also wrote _____, which were stories taught a lesson and usually had animals that could speak.

• poems

• literature

• fables

The Golden Age of Greece are the years around 500 B.C. to 200 B.C. During this time, ____________________

• art, philosophy, architecture and literature flourished.

• art, philosophy, architecture and literature had not yet been invented.

• the Greeks were learning how to make coins and weapons from gold.

The Golden Age of Greece is when art, philosophy, literature, and architecture flourished. What must flourish mean?

• to teach a lesson about bravery

• to advance and improve

• to be destroyed and forbidden

Who created the first dramas?

• ancient Mesopotamians

• ancient Greeks

• ancient Egyptians

What are the 2 categories of Greek dramas?

• tragedy and mythology

• epic and fable

• tragedy and comedy