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Ch. 8 Lesson 1: Greek Culture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is a long poem about heroic deeds?

a)

fable

b)

myth

c)

epic

d)

oracle

2.

Which of these is the custom of passing along stories by speech?

a)

oral tradition

b)

myth

c)

oracle

d)

epic

3.

Which of these is a short tale that teaches a lesson?

a)

fable

b)

myth

c)

epic

d)

oracle

4.

Which of these is a priest or priestess who could tell the future?

a)

fable

b)

myth

c)

epic

d)

oracle

5.

Which of these is a traditional story about gods and goddesses?

a)

fable

b)

myth

c)

oral tradition

d)

oracle

6.

Through mythology, the Greek people have expressed their

a)

religious beliefs

b)

love of sport

c)

love of poetry

d)

political beliefs

7.

This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the Iliad and the Odyssey.

a)

Aesop

b)

Croesus

c)

Homer

d)

Odysseus

8.

What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?

a)

comedy and tragedy

b)

myth and fable

c)

epic and tragedy

d)

comedy and myth

9.

The three best-known dramatists who wrote Greek tragedies were

a)

Sophocles

b)

Aesop

c)

Aeschylus

d)

Euripides

10.

The three types of columns used in Greek architecture were

a)

Corinthian

b)

Doric

c)

Ionic

d)

Gregorian