Ancient Greek Alphabet

The English word for “alphabet” is derived from which two ancient Greek letters? 

• the first and last letters 

• the first and second letters 

• the first and third letters

• the first and fourth letters

How many letters does the Greek Alphabet contain?

• 22 (twenty-two) letters

• 23 (twenty-three) letters

• 24 (twenty-four)

• 25 (twenty-five) letters

How many vowels and consonants does the Greek alphabet contain?

• 8 (eight) vowels and 16 (sixteen) consonants

• 7 (seven) vowels and 18 (eighteen) consonants

• 7 (seven) vowels and 17 (seventeen) consonants

• 8 (eight) vowels and 17 (seventeen) consonants

A Greek alphabetical character may be both:

• a vowel and a consonant

• written and spoken

• small and a capital letter

• all the above

All of the Greek capital letters are:

• uniform in height

• same as their small letters

• rest on the base line

• uniform in height AND rest on the base line

All of the Greek small letters are:

• uniform in height

• rest on the base line

• twice as small as their capital letters

• none of the above

Which of the Greek consonants has a specific form when located at the end of a word?

• bēta

• rhō

• kappa 

• sigma

Ω ω sounds like the 

• “o” as in “not”

• “o” as in “note” 

• “ough” as in “ought” 

• “w” as in “work”

Η η sounds like the 

• “e” as in “net”

• “e” as in “gaze”

• “e” as in “obey”

• “h” as in “how”

Φ φ sounds like the 

• “ps” as in “lips” 

• “th” as in “this” 

• “z” as in “gaze” 

• “ph” as in “phone”