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World Literature Units 9-12

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The stage of a Greek theater is called the...

a)

auditorium

b)

chorus

c)

orchestra

d)

skene

2.

A/an ___ is brief, simple anecdote designed to teach a moral, usually by using animals as characters.

a)

elegy

b)

epigram

c)

fable

d)

satire

3.

A/An ___ is a short poem written in pairs of unrhymed lines, often on themes of war, love, or death.

a)

elegy

b)

epigram

c)

fable

d)

satire

4.

What kind of wood was the Kon-Tiki made of?

a)

cedar

b)

oak

c)

balsa

d)

particle board

5.

In "Two Ancient Fables," what did the son want his mother to be turned into?

a)

a horse

b)

a cow

c)

a pig

d)

a sheep

6.

Who was the blind poet who wrote stories about the ancient Greek gods?

a)

Aesop

b)

Homer

c)

Plato

d)

Sophocles

7.

Argos was a...

a)

cat

b)

dog

c)

elephant

d)

horse

8.

Mars' Hill was located in...

a)

Athens

b)

Bethlehem

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Rome

9.

Who wrote The Republic ?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Sophocles

10.

Who wrote Lives?

a)

Alexander

b)

Pericles

c)

Plutarch

d)

Teiresias

11.

Something that interrupts a static situation (in a drama) and causes the rising action is called an...

a)

aside

b)

epigram

c)

epode

d)

inciting force

12.

A weakness or defect which helps bring about a hero's downfall is a/an...

a)

antagonist

b)

antistrophe

c)

soliloquy

d)

tragic flaw

13.

What follows the exposition in the dramatic structure of a Greek drama?

a)

catastrophe

b)

expulsion

c)

falling action

d)

rising action

14.

Odysseus' description of his ___ proved his identity to his wife.

a)

bed

b)

dog

c)

son

d)

sword

15.

In "Two Images from The Republic," the world is compared to which two things?

a)

a cave

b)

a house

c)

a ship

d)

an ocean

16.

Socrates died from...

a)

drinking poison

b)

a knife wound

c)

old age

d)

overeating

17.

Heroic Greek warrior

a)

Achilles

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Creon

d)

Penelope

18.

Son of Odysseus

a)

Telemachus

b)

Antigone

c)

Haemon

d)

Priam

19.

Sumerian "Noah" figure

a)

Shamash

b)

Siduri

c)

Utnapishtim

d)

Enkidu

20.

Antigone's sister

a)

Ismene

b)

Esmerelda

c)

Imari

d)

Siduri

21.

Who broke King Creon's command and gave his/her brother a proper burial?

a)

Antigone

b)

Ismene

c)

Priam

d)

Haemon

22.

Trojan warrior

a)

Achilles

b)

Plato

c)

Hector

d)

Telemachus

23.

Which god/godess helped Achilles fight against Hector?

a)

Zeus

b)

Apollo

c)

Athene

d)

Diana

24.

In "The Silver Mine," who listened to the parson's story?

a)

the king

b)

the president

c)

the peasant

d)

the innkeeper

25.

Speech or conversation between characters

a)

dialogue

b)

aside

c)

soliloquy

d)

monologue

26.

What object caused the rift between Anders and Baard?

a)

their father's watch

b)

their father's will

c)

their father's gold

d)

their father's farm

27.

How long was Odysseus gone from his home?

a)

Two years

b)

Ten years

c)

Fifteen years

d)

Twenty years

28.

Gilgamesh searched for and found a/an ___ that was supposed to restore his youth.

a)

serpent

b)

plant

c)

fountain

d)

apple

29.

The oldest book in the Bible

a)

Genesis

b)

Job

c)

Proverbs

d)

Zephaniah

30.

Who was Aristotle's teacher?

a)

Homer

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates