WorksheetsUnderworld Review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who accompanies Aeneas into the Underworld?
a)
his shipmates
b)
the Sibyl
c)
his father
d)
Odysseus
2.
Which river of the Underworld was used in the process of reincarnation?
a)
Styx
b)
Phlegethon
c)
Acheron
d)
Lethe
3.
Which description does NOT apply to Charon?
a)
glaring eyes
b)
dirty cloak
c)
unkempt grey beard
d)
shaggy dark hair
4.
What is the point of the leaf & bird similes at the end of the Aeneid passage you translated?
a)
there were only a few souls waiting on the shores for Charon
b)
there are very many souls waiting on the shores for Charon
c)
fallen leaves are dead and so are the souls
d)
birds can fly and so can the souls of the dead
5.
Who is Aeneas going to see in the Underworld?
a)
his father
b)
his fallen comrades, notably a prophet
c)
his mother
d)
Sibyl of Cumae
6.
Who does Odysseus wish to contact in the Underworld?
a)
Tiresias
b)
his mother
c)
Sibyl of Cumae
d)
Achilles
7.
How does Aeneas leave the Underworld?
a)
he makes a sacrifice
b)
he uses the golden bough to unlock the Twin Gates of Sleep
c)
he simply walks out of one of the Twin Gates of Sleep
d)
he runs back out through the trench that he dug
8.
Charon was going to allow Aeneas on his ship even before he saw the golden bough
a)
Verum
b)
Falsum
9.
Anyone is able to pluck the golden bough from its tree, however it will only grow back if the person who plucks it is special
a)
verum
b)
falsum
10.
Which part of Cerberus is covered with snakes?
a)
his paws
b)
his necks
c)
his eyebrows
d)
his teeth
11.
How does Aeneas get past Cerberus?
a)
he throws the golden bough for him to fetch
b)
he plays music and puts him to sleep
c)
he gives him a drugged cake that makes him sleepy
d)
he slaughters him
12.
Who does Aeneas meet that has not received a proper burial?
a)
Palinurus
b)
Anchises
c)
Odysseus
d)
Dante
13.
Who does Odysseus encounter that has not received a proper burial?
a)
Tiresias
b)
Elpenor
c)
his mother
d)
Aeneas
14.
In which area of the Underworld does Aeneas find Dido?
a)
Asphodel Meadows
b)
fields of Elysium
c)
fields of mourning
d)
Tartarus
15.
In which area of Aeneas' Underworld do regular or indifferent souls wind up?
a)
Asphodel Meadows
b)
Elysium
c)
Isles of the Blessed
d)
Fields of Mourning
16.
Who is NOT one of the three judges of the Underworld?
a)
Rhadamanthus
b)
Sisyphus
c)
Aeacus
d)
Minos
17.
What was a common trait of most of the alleged entrances to the Underworld?
a)
always located in very dark regions that received almost no sunlight
b)
they were never in Italy
c)
located only in Greece
d)
proximity to sulfuric or other toxic fumes
18.
Which was not one of the triplicate goddesses of the Underworld?
a)
Minerva
b)
Hecate
c)
Diana
d)
Proserpina
19.
Which punished man is eternally pushing a giant boulder up and down a mountain?
a)
Sisyphus
b)
Tantalus
c)
Ixion
d)
Tityos
20.
Which punished man tried to seduce Hera, although it turned out to just be a cloud-shaped Hera?
a)
Sisyphus
b)
Danaid
c)
Tityos
d)
Ixion
21.
Which punished man is constantly trying to get food and water that is just out of his reach?
a)
Ixion
b)
Danaid
c)
Tantalus
d)
Sisyphus
22.
Which Underworld river is the river of fire?
a)
Phlegethon
b)
Lethe
c)
Acheron
d)
Cocytus
23.
Who does Odysseus NOT meet in the Underworld?
a)
his mother
b)
his father
c)
Achilles
d)
Tiresias
24.
How does Odysseus come into contact with the Underworld?
a)
he descends through Lake Avernus
b)
he essentially opens a portal in a trench with sacrifices
c)
he locates the golden bough, just like Aeneas
d)
he enters through the Twin Gates of Sleep
25.
Who is Dante's guide to the Underworld?
a)
Vergil, the author of the 'Aeneid'
b)
Homer, the author of the 'Odyssey'
c)
Sibyl
d)
Circe
26.
Who does Dante NOT see in Circle 1 - the home of virtuous pagans?
a)
Aeneas
b)
Caesar
c)
Homer
d)
Alexander the Great
27.
Which reptilian Underworld judge does Dante encounter, who uses his tail to show which ring of Hell the condemned will go to?
a)
Minos
b)
Rhadamanthus
c)
Aeacus
d)
Charon
28.
What eternal punishment do gluttons experience in Dante's Inferno?
a)
chased by swarm of wasps
b)
carrying giant money bags
c)
wallowing like pigs in filth
d)
starvation
29.
Which group is guarded by centaurs and immersed in a river of boiling blood?
a)
those who gave into lustful acts
b)
those who committed violence against neighbors
c)
heretics, or whose who denied the immortality of Christ
d)
the fraudulent
30.
Which group is forever enclosed in thorny trees, guarded by Harpies, and can only speak when part of the tree is broken off?
a)
those who committed suicide
b)
those who sold church favors/jobs
c)
those who hoarded or wasted
d)
those who killed their family
31.
What happened to fortune tellers in Dante's Inferno?
a)
sunk into a pool of excrement
b)
attacked by & turned into flying reptiles
c)
heads backward, walk backwards, blinded by tears
d)
torn apart by demons with giant hooks
32.
What is the center of the Underworld in Dante's Inferno made of?
a)
ice
b)
fire
c)
boiling magma
d)
rock
33.
Which type of people are found in Circle IX, the lowest circle of the Underworld?
a)
treacherous
b)
flatterers
c)
hypocrites
d)
violence against nature
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