Homer and Correct Answer

1. This is the Greek word for "city," used to designate the independent city-states of ancient Greece.
A) polis
B) aulos
C) ethos
D) hubris
Points Earned:
4.0/4.0
Correct Answer(s):A

2. This is a type of standing male statue, always shown nude.
A) kouros
B) paean
C) kythara
D) kore
Points Earned:
4.0/4.0
Correct Answer(s):A

3. One of the Greek orders of architecture, elaborate and graceful in style, it features columns that have capitals decorated with volutes.
A) Ionic
B) Phrygian
C) Doric
D) Lydian

Points Earned:
4.0/4.0
Correct Answer(s):A

4. She is Odysseus's ever-faithful wife who refuses to declare her husband dead and remarry one of her suitors.
A) Athena
B) Penelope
C) Sappho
D) Hera
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Correct Answer(s):B

5. This term identifies a sculptural technique in which figures are carved out of a block of stone, part of which is left to form a background.
A) relief
B) flute
C) volute
D) capital
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Correct Answer(s):A

6. He is the blind poet traditionally considered the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
A) Hector
B) Homer
C) Hesiod
D) Agamemnon
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Correct Answer(s):B

7. This is a Greek double-reed musical instrument that is similar to the modern oboe.
A) cithara
B) aulos
C) paean
D) Correct Answer(s):B

8. He is the hero of the Odyssey, Homer's epic account of the hero's return home from the Trojan War.
A) Hector
B) Achilles
C) Odysseus
D) Pria
Correct Answer(s):C

9.

In the Greek's war with Troy, he was the Greek's greatest warrior whose argument with Agamemnon is the subject of Homer's Iliad.
A) Hector
B) Achilles
C) Odysseus
D) Priam

Points Earned:

4.0/4.0

Correct Answer(s):

B

10.

This term identifies the pair of spirals forming the capital on an Ionic column.
A) capital
B) flute
C) volute
D) relief

Points Earned:

4.0/4.0

Correct Answer(s):

C

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