WorksheetsWords from Greek history and mythology
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
sybarite
a)
hates any comforts
b)
lover of luxury
c)
martinet
d)
a type of igneous rock
2.
Omni?
a)
Out
b)
Many
c)
All
d)
Agin
3.
What does it mean to fly too close to the sun?
a)
over confident
b)
to die confidently
c)
to be confident
d)
to die an ultimate death
4.
What does Sword of Damocles mean?
a)
a sword named Damocles
b)
a closely impending disaster
c)
knight's armour
d)
a person who does nothing but compliment
5.
Profound. Saying much in few words
a)
Pretext
b)
Plethora
c)
Nuance
d)
Laconic
6.
A win that is at a great cost
a)
Sword of Damocles
b)
Pyrrhic Victory
c)
A Wet Blanket
d)
To Beard the Lion in His Own Den
7.
A solecism is
a)
a narrow opening
b)
complete destruction
c)
primitive person
d)
breach of etiquette
8.
What does Ostracism mean ?
a)
Isolation
b)
groups
c)
turn into a bird
d)
greatness
9.
What was Ostracism?
a)
A sporting event
b)
temporary banishment from a city by popular vote.
c)
A Greek temple
d)
a great war against Sparta and athens
10.
Using few words to express much; concise; terse
a)
Laconic
b)
Trite
c)
Glib
d)
Verbosity
11.
Choose the word that best matches the given synonyms: contemptuous; derisive; ironic
a)
cynical
b)
oblivious
c)
laud
d)
plumage
12.
Choose the word that best matches the given synonyms: tribute; praise; accolade
a)
eulogy
b)
bureaucracy
c)
livid
d)
rigor
13.
What do Ulysses' men block their ears with to sail thought the strait of the Sirens?
a)
Tree sap.
b)
Wax.
c)
Leaves.
d)
Cotton.
14.
What are the bodies of the Sirens like?
a)
Lizards.
b)
Humans.
c)
Birds.
d)
Fish.
15.
What do the Sirens enchant men with?
a)
Their perfume.
b)
Their voices.
c)
Their eyes.
d)
Their appearances.
16.
What was Procrustes going to do if his victims didn't fit their beds?
a)
Make the beds bigger or smaller
b)
Tell them to leave
c)
Chop off their heads and feet, or stretch their bodies
d)
Give them a magic growth potion to make them the right size
17.
God of the sky; chief god; weapon is a lightning bolt
a)
Zeus
b)
Athena
c)
Hades
d)
Poisidon
18.
What is a person or thing which is chronologically out of place?
a)
anarchy
b)
anachronism
c)
histrionic
d)
bellwether
19.
What word means the purest and most concentrated form?
a)
quintessence
b)
rue
c)
repeat
d)
holocaust
20.
Who dwelled in Elysium?
a)
The ambivalent
b)
Everyone who died
c)
Those whom the gods favored
d)
Those who the gods were angry with
21.
The God of Sleep
a)
Somnus
b)
Morpheus
c)
Mors
d)
Hecate
22.
Who was Narcissus in love with?
a)
Echo
b)
Himself
c)
Aurora
d)
Clytie
23.
Where was Achilles mortal?
a)
His Back
b)
His Hand
c)
His Heel
d)
His Shoulder
24.
Where was Achilles dipped in to make him immortal?
a)
The Tiber
b)
The Euphrates
c)
The Nile
d)
The River Styx
25.
The teacher said, "Quit _________ around the halls and get to class!"
a)
lingering
b)
meandering
c)
baffling
26.
I like the Greek story of a man and his son getting lost in an ____________ ___________. They built wings to escape the maze.
a)
intricate, gait
b)
fictitious, cairn
c)
intricate, labyrinth
d)
intricate, topiary
27.
What word means sin or crime?
a)
transgression
b)
reverie
c)
pandemonium
d)
tresses
28.
This word comes from a Greek myth of a man who fell in love with his own reflection in a river. The word is now meant to describe a selfish person.
a)
palatial
b)
sage
c)
narcissistic
d)
sardonic
29.
Someone who is evil can be described as...
a)
insatiable
b)
malevolent
c)
pristine
d)
sage
30.
Lack of emotion or interest
a)
Apathy
b)
Reticent
c)
Aesthetic
d)
Autonomy
31.
Why does Echo die?
a)
Hera kills her out of jealousy.
b)
She pines away from sadness since Narcissus doesn't love her.
c)
She sacrifices herself to save Narcissus from danger.
d)
She eats the poisonous narcissus flower.
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