12/08/2016 Western Literature (week13)
Quiz
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Agamemnon
1.
When Clytemnestra hears that
Agamemnon has returned, she: (A) rejoices at his
safe arrival (B) warns Aegisthus to be wary of Agamemnon (B) curses the old men
of the Chorus (D) reveals her plot to the audience.
2.
Clytemnestra tells Agamemnon that
Orestes: (A) is away for his own protection (B) has plans against his father (C) is not a fit son for Agamemnon (D) is not yet ready to take his place as prince.
3.
Cassandra is a seer who: (A) is always believed because Apollo loves her (B) is never
believed because Apollo is angry with her (C) cannot see her own doom (D) loves Agamemnon against her will.
4.
When Agamemnon walks on the
crimson tapestry: (A) Clytemnestra says it’s his due
(B) he fears
retribution from the gods (C) he fears
Clytemnestra’s motives (D) he feels it is his due as the returning hero.
5.
At the end of the play, the Leader
says that: (A) Clytemnestra and Aegisthus will die (B) Orestes will
return home (C) what’s done is done and
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus will reign (D) peace will be restored.
6.
When she first meets with Agamemnon,
Clytemnestra: (A) recounts their children’s
adventures (B) pretends to have missed him and to still love him (C) reveals her love for Aegisthus (D) is rude to him, foreshadowing his
doom.
7.
When Clytemnestra meets Cassandra,
she: (A) says she understand her (B) covertly threatens to kill her (C)
rebukes her for having sex with Agamemnon (D) tells her that
she will be treated according to her station in life.
8.
Clytemnestra tells the Chorus that
she killed Agamemnon because: (A) she prefers
reigning in his place (B) she wants Aegisthus instead (C) she wants to protect
her children against any Agamemnon might produce with Cassandra (D) she holds him responsible
for the death of their daughter.
9.
At the beginning of the play, the
Chorus: (A) rejoices that Agamemnon has probably
returned (B) tells Clytemnestra that she should worry (C)
praises Clytemnestra for her good guidance during the last ten years (D) says that
Clytemnestra’s and Agamemnon’s children are now safe.
10. Clytemnestra invokes ________'s aid several different times before
executing her plan. (A) Hera (B) Fate (C) Aphrodite (D) Zeus.
Oedipus
1.
Who offers to help Oedipus clear
his conscience? (A) the messenger (B) Merope (C) Polybus
(D) Jocasta.
2.
Which of the following is NOT a
curse placed on Thebes by the gods? (A) famine (B) stillborn children (C) plague (D) water turned to blood.
3.
Which god are the citizens praying
to at the opening of the play? (A) Thebea (B) Athena (C) Mars (D)
Apollo.
4.
After discovering the truth about
his past, what does Oedipus request as his punishment? (A) blindness (B) exile (C) castration (D) decapitation.
5.
Although born in Thebes, Oedipus
is raised in: (A) Athens (B) Sparta (C) Corinth (D)
Mykonos.
6.
Why did Oedipus flee Corinth? (A) to escape a power
struggle with his brothers and father (B) to become a high-ranking military
officer in Athens (C) He heard a chilling prophecy
(D) He wants to become an ascetic.
7.
What feat did Oedipus complete
that led to crowning him King of Thebes? (A) deposing Laius (B)
gaining the loyalty of the god Apollo (C) defeating the
Sphinx (D) killing the bandits that attacked King Laius’ chariot.
8.
The Chorus's final lines summarize
a major theme as: (A) even the greatest of men cannot change fate
(B) the importance of civil disobedience (C) good and evil coexist in the heart
of mankind (D) anything is possible.
9.
Kreon is Oedipus' (A) uncle (B) brother (C) father-in-law (D) brother-in-law.
10. The person who took pity and
saved Oedipus as a child was: (A) a farmer (B) a police (C) a healer (D) a herdsman.
Medea
1.
What method does Media decide on
to murder Creon and Glauce? (A) She will poison them (B)
She will set their house on fire (C) She’ll use a candlestick in the library
(D) She will stab them.
2.
Why is Medea so distraught as the
play opens? (A) Her husband has married another woman (B) Her children have been killed (C) Her city is under siege (D) Her
father has died.
3.
What reason does Jason give to
Medea for marrying Glauce? (A) He loved Glauce
more (B) Glauce seduced him (C) He thought Medea wanted it that way (D) Marrying
Glauce would provide for them all.
4.
What gossip has the tutor
overheard near the beginning of the play? (A) That Jason has been killed (B) That Medea is to be banished (C) That Medea has cheated on Jason (D) That their children are
illegitimate.
5.
Why does Jason think that Medea
sends gifts to Glauce? (A) He discovers they are actually sisters
(B) Because he knows that they contain poison (C) Because Medea has gone mad (D) He thinks
Medea wants a favor from Glauce.
11. In addition to poisoning Creon and Glauce, what other deed does Medea
decide to commit in order to exact her revenge? (A) She will marry Aegeus (B) She will kill herself (C) She will kill
her children (D) She will destroy Corinth.
12. How does Medea escape towards the end of the play? (A) She sneaks away from home (B) She flies off in a chariot (C)
She doesn’t escape (D) She sails
away in the Argo.
13.
Greek drama could best be
described as (A) very naturalistic, with
efforts to make the representations as realistic as possible (B) both stylized, with masks and a Chorus and part of a
religious celebration (C) part of a religious celebration (D) stylized,
with masks and a Chorus.
14.
Greek plays feature a group of
performers who sing, dance, provide exposition and interact with the other
characters. This group is called (A) the Chorus (B) the nymphs of Artemis (C) Sappho’s “maidens” (D) the Maenads.
15.
During his own lifetime,
Euripides was (A) the least popular of the tragedians,
but the most popular composers of epics (B) the most popular of the Greek
tragedians (C) the least popular of the three great
tragedians (D) the least popular of the tragedians, but the most popular
comic writer.
Lysistrata
1. Who is Lysistrata's next-door neighbor? (A) Lampito
(B) Myrrhine (C) Peace (D) Kleonike.
2. Why does Lysistrata say that she is ashamed to be a woman?
(A) women don’t exercise (B) women shop too much (C) women don’t stand up to male
slander
(D) women don’t want peace.
3. How do the men characterize the women? (A) sexy
(B) smart and intelligent (C) deceitful (D) passive.
4. What reason does Kleonike give Lysistrata for the women being late?
(A) The women are
tending their children (B) The women are fighting Sparta
(C) The women are sleeping at home (D) The women are at the gym.
5.
Why is
Kleonike upset that the Milesians cut off the leather trade? (A) She cannot gets a saddle (B) She needs a new
belt (C) She needs a leather hat (D) She needs a masturbation kit.
6.
How does
Lysistrata propose the women will make the men declare peace? (A) Abstinence for a week (B) No cooking until
peace is declared (C) Abstinence until peace is declared (D) No caring for children until peace is declared.
7.
What is the
meaning of the oracle? (A) The
women will loose the battle (B) The women will be humiliated if they
don’t work together for Peace (C) The
Women will find great success (D) There will be peace in Athens.
8.
In what
condition do the Spartans arrive? (A) Ready
for War (B) Sexually frustrated (C) Desperate for peace (D) Both B
and C.
9.
Why does
Lysistrata tell the delegations they should make Peace? (A)
They have helped each other before (B) The
people have suffered too greatly (C) The women need to get back to their
husbands (D) Peace is getting cold.
10. Why does Lysistrata bring out her naked handmaid,
Peace? (A) Peace looks just like a map of Ancient Greece
(B) Peace wants to tell the men a thing or two (C) Peace wants peace (D)
Peace makes the men more urgent to make an agreement.
Poetics
1. Which of the following is NOT a distinctive feature
of poetry? (A) It uses language 9B) It uses rhythm (C)
It is written in verse (D) It uses
harmony.
2. Which of the following contains a mix of direct and
indirect narrative? (A) tragedy (B) comedy (C)
Homeric epic (D) Dithyrambic poetry.
3. Which of the following is not "art" in the
Greek sense of the word? (A) tragedy
(B) a spear (C) a table (D) a peacock’s feather.
4. Which of the following is NOT a reason for why we
like imitations? (A) We learn from imitations (B)
Imitations exercise our reason (C) We are not repelled by imitations of things
we would normally find repellent (D) There is a sense of safety in not having
to deal with reality.
5. Which of the following was the last to evolve? (A) tragedy (B) dithyramb (C) epic poetry (D) invective.
6. Which of the following is not one of the "three
unities"? (A) Unity of action (B) Unity of
character (C) Unity of place (D) Unity of time.
7. Which is the only unity that Aristotle insists upon? (A) Unity of action (B) Unity of character (C) Unity of place (D) Unity of time.
8. Which of the following is the most important? (A) character (B) diction (C) plot (D) harmony.
9. Which of the following is the least important? (A) character (B) plot (C) thought (D)
spectacle.
10. Which of the following is NOT a part of Aristotle's
definition of tragedy? (A) It arouses
pity and fear (B)
It has an unhappy ending (C) It
involves mimesis (D) It is performed rather than narrated.
Agamemnon DABBB
BDDAD
Oedipus ADDBC CCADD
Medea AADBD
CB
B A C
Lysistrata DCCAD CBDAD
