WorksheetsWorld Literature Units 9-12
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The stage of a Greek theater is called the...
auditorium
chorus
orchestra
skene
A/an ___ is brief, simple anecdote designed to teach a moral, usually by using animals as characters.
elegy
epigram
fable
satire
A/An ___ is a short poem written in pairs of unrhymed lines, often on themes of war, love, or death.
elegy
epigram
fable
satire
What kind of wood was the Kon-Tiki made of?
cedar
oak
balsa
particle board
In "Two Ancient Fables," what did the son want his mother to be turned into?
a horse
a cow
a pig
a sheep
Who was the blind poet who wrote stories about the ancient Greek gods?
Aesop
Homer
Plato
Sophocles
Argos was a...
cat
dog
elephant
horse
Mars' Hill was located in...
Athens
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Rome
Who wrote The Republic ?
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Sophocles
Who wrote Lives?
Alexander
Pericles
Plutarch
Teiresias
Something that interrupts a static situation (in a drama) and causes the rising action is called an...
aside
epigram
epode
inciting force
A weakness or defect which helps bring about a hero's downfall is a/an...
antagonist
antistrophe
soliloquy
tragic flaw
What follows the exposition in the dramatic structure of a Greek drama?
catastrophe
expulsion
falling action
rising action
Odysseus' description of his ___ proved his identity to his wife.
bed
dog
son
sword
In "Two Images from The Republic," the world is compared to which two things?
a cave
a house
a ship
an ocean
Socrates died from...
drinking poison
a knife wound
old age
overeating
Heroic Greek warrior
Achilles
Gilgamesh
Creon
Penelope
Son of Odysseus
Telemachus
Antigone
Haemon
Priam
Sumerian "Noah" figure
Shamash
Siduri
Utnapishtim
Enkidu
Antigone's sister
Ismene
Esmerelda
Imari
Siduri
Who broke King Creon's command and gave his/her brother a proper burial?
Antigone
Ismene
Priam
Haemon
Trojan warrior
Achilles
Plato
Hector
Telemachus
Which god/godess helped Achilles fight against Hector?
Zeus
Apollo
Athene
Diana
In "The Silver Mine," who listened to the parson's story?
the king
the president
the peasant
the innkeeper
Speech or conversation between characters
dialogue
aside
soliloquy
monologue
What object caused the rift between Anders and Baard?
their father's watch
their father's will
their father's gold
their father's farm
How long was Odysseus gone from his home?
Two years
Ten years
Fifteen years
Twenty years
Gilgamesh searched for and found a/an ___ that was supposed to restore his youth.
serpent
plant
fountain
apple
The oldest book in the Bible
Genesis
Job
Proverbs
Zephaniah
Who was Aristotle's teacher?
Homer
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
