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The Trojan War

Which war provided the background for Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

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Isaac and Ishmael

Who were the two sons of Abraham that, according to the Bible, went on to found the Hebrew and Arab nations?

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Abraham

According to the Bible, who was the father (patriarch) of the Hebrews?

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One who speaks for another

What is the meaning of the Greek word from which the term "prophet" is derived?

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A commitment between God and humans

What is the Biblical meaning of "covenant"?

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Byblos

The English word "bible" comes from the Greek name of what ancient city?

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Saul, David, and Solomon

Who were the three kings of Israel prior to the dividing of the kingdom?

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The Law, the Prophets, and the Writings

How is the Hebrew Bible divided?

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The Law

Which grouping of Hebrew texts constitutes the Torah

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A Greek version of the Hebrew Old Testament

What is the Septuagint?

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Ninevah

The prophet Jonah is called by God to preach to the people of______?

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Monotheism

What is the term that means belief in one god?

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Human beings are created last

Which is true of the Biblical account of creation?

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At the end of Jonah, ________.

Jonah is upset that the Ninevites are not destroyed, but God teaches him compassion

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Not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil

In the story of the Garden of Eden, God commands Adam and Eve to____________.

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The Exodus

The Hebrews' deliverance from slavery in Egypt is known as____________.

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It is a test of his faith

Job loses his family, health, and property because ______________.

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The Romans

In AD 70, Jerusalem was besieged and destroyed by _________.

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The Ten Commandments

The Decalogue is another name for ________.

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Anointed one

What is the meaning of the Hebrew word "Messiah"?

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Moses

The prophet who delivered the Hebrews from bondage in Egypt was ___________.

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It is polytheistic

How does the Ancient Greek system of beliefs differ from Judaism and Christianity?

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It helped humans understand their own lives.

What role did their system of beliefs serve in the lives of the Greeks?

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The city-state

What was the polis?

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none

Which Greek god represented supreme moral good?

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Logic vs. emotion

What two opposing aspects of Greek civilization were represented by Apollo and Dionysus?

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Athena

Who is the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare?

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It includes images from mythology, history, and everyday life

What kinds of informations does painted pottery give us about early Greek culture?

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A maze pattern

What was the "meander" found on Greek geometric pottery?

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Exekias

Which artist's work represents a breakthrough in black-figure painting?

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The subject was a living human being

What do art historians think that the archaic smile most likely signified?

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Pottery

What was an important basis for Corinth's political and economic strength during the seventh and sixth centuries BC?

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It was monophonic, made up of single melodies

What characterizes early Greek music?

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Music can influence human behavior

In Greek music, what was the doctrine of ehos?

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A distinct scale type

What is a mode?

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Sappho

Who was the first Greek woman to leave a literary record of her personal feelings?

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Poetry which conveys personal feelings

What is lyric verse?

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Empedocles

Which philosopher tried to explain phenomena in terms of the four elements: fire, earth, air, and water?

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Heraclitus

Which philosopher believed that our world was subject to constant change ("it is not possible to step into the same river twice")?

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Herodotus

Who was the first great Greek historian (the "Father of History")?

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The Persians

At the close of the Archaic period, the Greek city-states united to defeat which foreign enemy?

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Achilles

The main hero of The Iliad is?

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The rage of Achilles

The subject of The Iliad, identified at the beginning of the poem, is?

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Apollo

Which of these gods or goddesses is on the side of the Trojans?

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Homeric simile

"Achilles was still in full pursuit of Hector, as a hound chasing a fawn which he has started from its covert on the mountains, and hunts through glade and thicket. The fawn may try to elude him by crouching under cover of a bush, but he will scent her out and follow her up until he gets her—even so there was no escape for Hector from the fleet son of Peleus." The italicized selection is an example of which stylistic feature of Greek epic poetry?

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Areté

The Greek word that means "prowess" or "excellence" is?

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takes away Achilles' prize, Briseis

The feud between Agamemnon and Achilles begins when Agamemnon?

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timé

The Greek word for the honor that is due to a successful warrior is____________?

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Hector

The greatest hero of the Trojans is __________?

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Dactylic hexameter

The poetic meter of the Iliad is______________?

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Nothing

What do we know about Homer?

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Ornamental epithet

"Hector, tamer of horses" is an example of which stylish characteristic?

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King of Troy

Who is Priam?

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It most likely existed first as a composite oral poem

Which is true about The Iliad?

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Helen

The Trojan War begins because oft he abduction of __________?

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A friend of Achilles

Who is Patroclus?

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Agamemnon refuses to give back the daughter of Apollo's priest

In the beginning of The Iliad, the Greeks are smitten with a plague because___________?

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Patroclus

Hector kills____________?

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Thetis

The mother of Achilles is _________________.

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Priam

At the end of The Iliad, Hector's body is ransomed by___________-/

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Andromache

Hector's wife is named_____________?

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The classical period

What name is given to the period of Greek history between the Persian Wars and the death of Alexander the Great?

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the Hellenistic Period

What name is given to the period of history following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC (and until the rise of the Roman Empire)?

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the battle of the gods and giants

What is the subject of the frieze on the Altar to Zeus at Pergamum?

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Athena

To whom was the Parthenon dedicated?

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It marked the beginning of the female nude as a subject of art.

Why was the nude statue of Aphrodite of Cnidus by Praxiteles important in the history of Western art?

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Athens's role in defeating the Persians

What accounts for the powerful position of Athens during the first half of the Classical period?

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Athens's use of the Delian League's treasury

What was the cause of the Peloponnesian War?

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Alexandria, Pergamum, and Antioch

Where were the centers of Greek art and learning in the Hellenistic Period?

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Pericles

Which political leader is most associated with the achievements of the Athenian Golden Age?

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A priest and his sons being strangled by sea serpents

What story was told by the Laocoön sculpture?

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the Classical

Which of the following periods of Greek art placed the greatest emphasis on rationality, order, and control?

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Phidias

The artist who supervised the sculptural program of the Parthenon was________.

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the Hellenistic

Which of the following periods of Greek art placed the greatest emphasis on individual artistic freedom, experimentation, emotion, and drama?

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Praxiteles

The sculptor who created the famous statue of Aphrodite at Cnidus was________.

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various kinds of scales

In early Greek music, harmony meant________.

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the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War

The move towards a more humanizing and natural style in the Late Classical period is most likely connected to________.

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mathematical formula for human proportions

What was the subject of the Canon by Polyclitus?

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the Attalids and the Gauls

Which of the following subjects (each representative of the triumph of civilization and order over chaos) is not depicted in the carved metopes of the Parthenon?

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caryatids

Which is not a feature of the Parthenon?

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the Roman Empire

Into which empire were the Hellenistic cities absorbed?

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Aeschylus

Who was the first important Athenian tragic dramatist (author of the Oresteia trilogy)?

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to provide a commentary upon a drama

What was the primary function of the chorus in Sophocles's plays?

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Euripides

Which Greek dramatist showed the most sympathy for the problems of women?

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Sophocles

Who was the author of Antigone and Oedipus the King?

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Laius

Oedipus's real father is________.

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Aristophanes

Who was the greatest ancient Greek author of comedy plays?

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There is a terrible plague.

What is the situation in Thebes at the opening of Oedipus the King?

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the oracle of Apollo

Oedipus is initially prompted to investigate the death of the previous king because of________.

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Teiresias

Apollo's prophet at Thebes is named________.

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he thinks Creon is plotting to take the throne

Oedipus quarrels with Creon because________.

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threatens the prophet

When Oedipus hears what the blind prophet has to say to him, he________.

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his ankles were fastened together and he was left to die

When Oedipus was born,________.

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a drunk man says that Polybus is not his real father

Oedipus begins to wonder about his true parentage because________.

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learns that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother

When Oedipus visits the oracle at Delphi, he________.

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not to believe in the prophecies of the gods

When the messenger from Corinth tells Oedipus that Polybus is dead, Jocasta tells Oedipus________.

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she kills herself

When Jocasta learns the truth about Oedipus's parentage, she________.

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Four—two sons and two daughters

How many children do Oedipus and Jocasta have?

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he blinds himself

When Oedipus learns the truth, he________.

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not to call anyone happy until he or she is dead

The chorus's final lines say________.