Latin V - Culture Review

Who wrote the Metamorphoses?

• Ovid

  (P. Ovidius Naso)

• Augustus

  (C. Iulius Caesar Octavianus Augustus)

• Suetonius

  (C. Suetonius Tranquillus)

Where were Daedalus and Icarus exiled?

• Crete

• Athens

• Norway

• Rome

What specific warning did Daedalus give to his son?

• Follow the drawn sword of Orion

• Ignore the constellations

• Pay attention to the horizon

• Fly close to the water

What animal guarded the house of Baucis and Philemon?

• a goose

• a dog

• seventeen fish

• Bethany Frankel

Baucis and Philemon specifically requested to be turned into trees and live together forever.

• true

• false

Which god accompanied Jupiter to the town of Baucis and Philemon?

• Mercurius

• Minerva

• Mars

• Michelangelo

Ovid only wrote the Metamorphoses.

• true

• false

Ovid was exiled to . . .

• Tomis

• Crete

• Georgia

• Laconia

Who imprisoned Daedalus and Icarus?

• Minos

• the Minotaur

• Pasiphae

• Perdix

Why did Daedalus flee to Crete in the first place?

• He killed his nephew

• He wanted a change of scenery

• His son wanted to live on an island

• He stole the cult statue from the Parthenon