Abeka Grade 10 World Literature Test 9
Athene
Who helped Achilles fight against Hector?
Alexander the Great
Who said, "Boys, my father will get everything before we can and leave nothing big and brilliant for me, to show what we can do!"
Plato
Who was Aristotle's teacher?
Homer
Who was the blind poet who wrote stories about the ancient Greek gods?
Plutarch
Who wrote "Lives"?
Plato
Who wrote "The Republic"?
Sophocles
Who wrote Antigone?
Homer
Who wrote the Iliad?
fable
a brief, simple anecdote designed to teach a moral, usually by using animals as characters
elegy
a short poem written in pairs of unrhymed lines, often on themes or war, love, or death
tragic flaw
a weakness or defect which helps bring about a hero's downfall
Antigone
buried her brother's body
Haemon
engaged to Antigone
Crito
friend of Socrates
Achilles
heroic Greek warrior
Creon
king of Thebes
Priam
king of Troy
Gilgamesh
mourned Enkidu
Telemachus
son of Odysseus
orchestra
the stage of a Greek theater
Penelope
wife of Odysseus
Siduri
"woman of the vine"
dog
Argos was a ________.
Trojan warrior
Hector
twenty years
How long was Odysseus gone from his home?
the king
In "The Silver Mine", who listened to the parson's story?
a pig
In "Two Ancient Fables", what did the son want his mother to be turned into?
cave
In "Two Images from The Republic", the world is compared to a ship and a ________.
Athens
Mars' Hill was located in ________.
bed
Odysseus' description of his ______ proved his identity to his wife.
a serpent
What stole Gilgamesh's plant that restored youth?
gold watch
What object caused the rift between Baard and Anders?
drinking poison
Socrates died from _________.
inciting force
Something that interrupts a static situation (in a drama) and causes the rising action is called an _________.
Utnapishtim
Sumerian "Noah" figure
rising action
What follows the exposition in the dramatic structure of a Greek structure?
dialogue
What is a speech or conversation between two or more characters called?
Job
What is considered to be the oldest book in the Bible?
"Death Be Not Proud"
What is this quote from: "One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die."
"The Silver Mine"
What is this quote from: "The kingdom is better served with men than with money."
"The Dying Christian to His Soul"
What is this quote from: "Vital spark of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame."
"Two Ancient Indian Fables"
What is this quote from: "We are from one nest. Only he has learned to talk like his master; I like mine."
"What Is So Rare as a Day in June?"
What is this quote from: "We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing."
balsa
What kind of wood was the Kon-Tiki made out of?