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G10CC Ancient Greek & Chinese POETRY (OLD)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the sub-genres of literature below does NOT belong to poetry?

a)

iambic

b)

narrative

c)

didactic

d)

satire

e)

elegy

2.

Which of the following written works belong to epic poetry? Select all answers that apply.

a)

Aeneid

b)

Metamorphoses

c)

Iliad

d)

Theogony

3.

In Greek mythology, there were 4 Muses overseeing each a specific type of poetry : love, epic, lyric and sacred. Who was the Muse of epic poetry?

a)

Polyhymnia

b)

Euterpe

c)

Calliope

d)

Erato

4.

What element below is NOT a convention of ancient Greek narrative poetry as found in the poems of Hesiod and Homer?

a)

the narrative begins in media res ("in the middle of things")

b)

the poem starts with an invocation of the Muses

c)

the story is always told in chronological order

d)

the poet uses epithets, lists and formulaic phrases

5.

The term "theogony" refers to the story of ___ Select all answers that apply.

a)

the creation of the world

b)

the origins of the gods

c)

the genealogy of the gods

d)

the succession myth

6.

Complete the sentence: "Ancient Greek religion was NOT ____"

a)

polytheistic

b)

homogeneous

c)

anthropomorphic

d)

syncretic

7.

Which Greek authors first differentiated history from mythology? Select all that apply.

a)

Homer

b)

Herodotus

c)

Thucydides

d)

Plutarch

8.

Which of the Athenian playwrights below was writing comedies, and not tragedies?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Euripides

c)

Aristophanes

d)

Aeschylus

9.

This epic poem by (a)   narrates the adventures of a Trojan hero and his family. He voyaged around the Mediterranean Sea and finally settles in Latium (Italy) where he founded the city of Alba Longa.

10.

Which two Roman authors conceive Roman history as a series of exemplary figures to follow?

a)

Cicero

b)

Vergil

c)

Ovid

d)

Livy

11.

Provide the dates of birth & death of the Roman author Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō.

a)

100 BC - 44 BC

b)

70 BC – 19 BC

c)

63 BC – 14 AD

d)

43 BC – 17/18 AD

12.

河伯祭祀的是那條河流的神?

a)

長江

b)

洛水

c)

黃河

d)

湘江

13.

九歌祭祀中常用的植物是哪些?

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

14.

崑崙山是一座怎樣的山?

a)

在中國的南方。

b)

是女媧居住的山。

c)

是西王母居住的山。

d)

山上盛產蘭。

e)

是黃河的源頭。

15.

三首詩歌中都出現了哪個角色?

a)

b)

c)

女子

d)

屈原

16.

《河伯》和《山鬼》中都出現了哪些情節?

a)

登高

b)

歌舞

c)

出遊

d)

忘歸

e)

下雨

17.

哪些神獸拉著河伯和山鬼的座駕?

a)

白黿

b)

赤豹

c)

d)

e)

文魚

18.

哪些不是對聲音的描寫?

a)

填填

b)

冥冥

c)

琳瑯

d)

啾啾

19.

哪些詞語代表「你」?

a)

b)

c)

d)

20.

哪些詩句屬於對景物的描寫?

a)

心飛揚兮浩蕩

b)

紫貝闕兮朱宮

c)

歲既晏兮孰華予

d)

日將暮兮悵忘歸

e)

杳冥冥兮羌晝晦