CLA 210 Exam 1 Questions with Solved Solutions
1.In the Homeric Hymn to Dionysus, what happened to the the pirates
who tried to capture and sell Dionysus into slavery? select one.
a. They died and were transformed into grape vines.
b. They were transformed into lions.
c. They were transformed into dolphins.
d. They died when their ship sank.: c. They were transformed into dolphins
2.This god/goddess was NOT one of the first 3 primordial beings in
Hesiod's Theogony. select one.
a. Tartarus
b. Osiris
c. Chaos
d. Gaea: c. Osiris
3.Fate of Tithonus, love of Eos (dawn):
Select one:
a. Killed when he approached her at night
b. Allowed to ride in her chariot, but falls from the sky
c. Killed by Zeus, who also loved Eos
d. Turned into a cicada (grasshopper): d. Turned into a cicada (grasshoppe
4.This goddess usually appears veiled in iconography and rarely
leaves Olympus
Select one:
a. Hestia
b. Mnemosyne
c. Hera
d. Thetis: a. Hestia
5.Parthenos, in Greek,
means Select one:
a. Self-control
b. Temple
c. Virgin
d. Victory: c. Virgin
6.An example of an aetiological
myth Select one:
a. Alcmena gives birth to twins after sleeping with both Zeus and
Amphitryon on the same night.
b. Man eats meat after a sacrifice because Zeus was tricked into taking
the bones.
c. Heracles kills the Lernean Hydra once he learns how it creates new heads.
,d. Hermes sneaks past Typhon and helps Zeus.: b. Man eats meat
after a sacrifice because Zeus was tricked into taking the bones
7.The birthplace of Apollo:
Select one:
a. Delphi
b. Ogygia
c. Athens
d. Delos: d. Delos
8.Which of these is not a place where Homer locates the
Underworld? Select one:
a. Under the earth
b. The west
c. in the sea
d. The north: c. in the sea
9.The son of Thetis is prophesied to be more power than his father. How
does Zeus protect his place as king when he learns of this prophecy?
Select one:
a. He swallows Thetis.
b. He arranges for Thetis to marry a mortal man.
c. He kills Thetis with a lightning bolt before her son is born.
d. He abandons the son of Thetis on a deserted island.: b. He arranges for
Thetis to marry a mortal man.
10.Before a hunt, to whom might you offer a
sacrifice? Select one:
a. Venus
b. Demeter
c. Artemis
d. Apollo: c. Artemis
11.What is commonly seen in depictions of
Athena? Select one:
a. A water jug
b. A spear and helmet
c. A scorpion
d. Cupid: b. A spear and helmet
12.The telesterion: Select one:
a. The room in which the prophetess of sat
b. Greek bathrooms
c. Place where initiates of Eleusinian mysteries entered.
, d. Large, open space for worship of Hephaestus near Athens.: c. Place
where initiates of Eleusinian mysteries entered.
13.Which god/goddess battled Athena to be patron of Athens? Select one:
a. Poseidon
b. Apollo
c. Artemis
d. Aphrodite: a. Poseidon
14.An all-male drinking party, at which many Greek myths were
told: Select one:
a. Convivium.
b. Deipnia.
c. Dionysiae.
d. Symposium.: d. Symposium
15.For the picture above, identify the deities. What is/are theme(s) of
most myths surrounding them? Give specific examples of these in
individual myths.: (UNREVIEWED ANSWER)
Aphrodite the goddess of love, fertility, and great beauty stands among
winged Erotes of love depicted from Eros (love and desire). Aphrodite is
often seen sur- rounded by charites for her pleasure and great sexual
desire. Eros and Aphrodite are often seen together in images due to
their close and similar natures of pleasure and pro-creation.
16.According to Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium, why did Zeus
split humans in half?
Select one:
a. To help them find true love.
b. Because they attempted to take over Olympus.
c. Because they were becoming lazy and not offering sacrifices.: b.
Because they attempted to take over Olympus.
17.What are the major events in the birth of Dionysus, and how do his
stories differ from other Greek god and goddesses?: (UNREVIEWED
ANSWER)
His parents were Zeus and Semele (Cadmus' daughter), Semele asks
Zeus to give her anything she wishes. When Semele dies, Dionysus is
saved by Zeus. Dionysus, the god of wine, tragedy, and life force, is
unique because of Semele being a human, and Dionysus himself a half-
human.
18. The omphalos (the rock vomited out by Chronus) is
closely associated with the temple of ?
Select one:
1.In the Homeric Hymn to Dionysus, what happened to the the pirates
who tried to capture and sell Dionysus into slavery? select one.
a. They died and were transformed into grape vines.
b. They were transformed into lions.
c. They were transformed into dolphins.
d. They died when their ship sank.: c. They were transformed into dolphins
2.This god/goddess was NOT one of the first 3 primordial beings in
Hesiod's Theogony. select one.
a. Tartarus
b. Osiris
c. Chaos
d. Gaea: c. Osiris
3.Fate of Tithonus, love of Eos (dawn):
Select one:
a. Killed when he approached her at night
b. Allowed to ride in her chariot, but falls from the sky
c. Killed by Zeus, who also loved Eos
d. Turned into a cicada (grasshopper): d. Turned into a cicada (grasshoppe
4.This goddess usually appears veiled in iconography and rarely
leaves Olympus
Select one:
a. Hestia
b. Mnemosyne
c. Hera
d. Thetis: a. Hestia
5.Parthenos, in Greek,
means Select one:
a. Self-control
b. Temple
c. Virgin
d. Victory: c. Virgin
6.An example of an aetiological
myth Select one:
a. Alcmena gives birth to twins after sleeping with both Zeus and
Amphitryon on the same night.
b. Man eats meat after a sacrifice because Zeus was tricked into taking
the bones.
c. Heracles kills the Lernean Hydra once he learns how it creates new heads.
,d. Hermes sneaks past Typhon and helps Zeus.: b. Man eats meat
after a sacrifice because Zeus was tricked into taking the bones
7.The birthplace of Apollo:
Select one:
a. Delphi
b. Ogygia
c. Athens
d. Delos: d. Delos
8.Which of these is not a place where Homer locates the
Underworld? Select one:
a. Under the earth
b. The west
c. in the sea
d. The north: c. in the sea
9.The son of Thetis is prophesied to be more power than his father. How
does Zeus protect his place as king when he learns of this prophecy?
Select one:
a. He swallows Thetis.
b. He arranges for Thetis to marry a mortal man.
c. He kills Thetis with a lightning bolt before her son is born.
d. He abandons the son of Thetis on a deserted island.: b. He arranges for
Thetis to marry a mortal man.
10.Before a hunt, to whom might you offer a
sacrifice? Select one:
a. Venus
b. Demeter
c. Artemis
d. Apollo: c. Artemis
11.What is commonly seen in depictions of
Athena? Select one:
a. A water jug
b. A spear and helmet
c. A scorpion
d. Cupid: b. A spear and helmet
12.The telesterion: Select one:
a. The room in which the prophetess of sat
b. Greek bathrooms
c. Place where initiates of Eleusinian mysteries entered.
, d. Large, open space for worship of Hephaestus near Athens.: c. Place
where initiates of Eleusinian mysteries entered.
13.Which god/goddess battled Athena to be patron of Athens? Select one:
a. Poseidon
b. Apollo
c. Artemis
d. Aphrodite: a. Poseidon
14.An all-male drinking party, at which many Greek myths were
told: Select one:
a. Convivium.
b. Deipnia.
c. Dionysiae.
d. Symposium.: d. Symposium
15.For the picture above, identify the deities. What is/are theme(s) of
most myths surrounding them? Give specific examples of these in
individual myths.: (UNREVIEWED ANSWER)
Aphrodite the goddess of love, fertility, and great beauty stands among
winged Erotes of love depicted from Eros (love and desire). Aphrodite is
often seen sur- rounded by charites for her pleasure and great sexual
desire. Eros and Aphrodite are often seen together in images due to
their close and similar natures of pleasure and pro-creation.
16.According to Aristophanes in Plato's Symposium, why did Zeus
split humans in half?
Select one:
a. To help them find true love.
b. Because they attempted to take over Olympus.
c. Because they were becoming lazy and not offering sacrifices.: b.
Because they attempted to take over Olympus.
17.What are the major events in the birth of Dionysus, and how do his
stories differ from other Greek god and goddesses?: (UNREVIEWED
ANSWER)
His parents were Zeus and Semele (Cadmus' daughter), Semele asks
Zeus to give her anything she wishes. When Semele dies, Dionysus is
saved by Zeus. Dionysus, the god of wine, tragedy, and life force, is
unique because of Semele being a human, and Dionysus himself a half-
human.
18. The omphalos (the rock vomited out by Chronus) is
closely associated with the temple of ?
Select one:
