World Literature Units 9-12

The stage of a Greek theater is called the...

• auditorium

• chorus

• orchestra

• skene

A/an ___ is brief, simple anecdote designed to teach a moral, usually by using animals as characters.

• elegy

• epigram

• fable

• satire

A/An ___ is a short poem written in pairs of unrhymed lines, often on themes of war, love, or death.

• elegy

• epigram

• fable

• satire

What kind of wood was the Kon-Tiki made of?

• cedar

• oak

• balsa

• particle board

In "Two Ancient Fables," what did the son want his mother to be turned into?

• a horse

• a cow

• a pig

• a sheep

Who was the blind poet who wrote stories about the ancient Greek gods?

• Aesop

• Homer

• Plato

• Sophocles

Argos was a...

• cat

• dog

• elephant

• horse

Mars' Hill was located in...

• Athens

• Bethlehem

• Jerusalem

• Rome

Who wrote The Republic ?

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Socrates

• Sophocles

Who wrote Lives?

• Alexander

• Pericles

• Plutarch

• Teiresias