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HUM 2220 FINAL
HUM 2220 FINAL
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Greek and Roman Humanities
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1
Aristotle states the downfall of tragic heroes is the cause by what?
family bad luck
lack of knowledge
A character flaw or miscalculation
The amusement of the Gods
2
What famous Female Greek Poet wrote about her feelings
Sappho
Helen of Troy
Aspasia
Athena
3
What Roman Class ruled the Senate
Patricians
plebeians
stoics
Tribunes
4
Which political leader is most associated with the success of the Golden age of Greece?
Athena
Pericles
Plato
Sophocles
5
Which monument reveals the reality of the Dacian Wars in Rome?
Temple of Apollo
Arch of Constantine
Trajan's Column
Arch of Nero
6
Who occupied Rome in 616 to 510 BCE
Etruscans
Persians
Egyptians
Greeks
7
What was the open space in the center of Rome
Basilica
The hippodrome
Colosseum
Forum
8
What Greek belief was vastly different between Judaism and Christianity ?
Shinto
Shamanism
Polytheistic
Animism
9
Who introduced the idea of catharsis in Greek drama
Plato
Pythagoras
Socrates
Aristotle
10
The archaic Smile reveals what ?
The subject was a living human
The subject was happy and content
the subject had a secret
the subject was representing a Goddess
11
What was the region or state controlled by Athens
Attica
Boetia
Persia
Sparta
12
How did Augustus Caesar wish to be remembered?
A fierce general
A great stoic ruler
For waging war on Greece
As a kind and benevolent Ruler
13
What descriptive name has been bestowed upon the civilization of Greece in 5th C BCE
The Age of Reason
The age of Classicism
The Golden Age of Greece
The age of the Philosophers
14
Which philosopher tried to explain all phenomena in one or two material elements ?
Zeno
Pythagoras
Plato
Thales
15
What event signified the shift from Republic to Empire
The Battle of Actium
Barbarian invasion
The decline of Athens
Punic war
16
Who was the first Emperor of Rome
Tragan
Hadrian
Augustus
Julius Caesar
17
What elements are painted on Greek pottery
imaginary animals
Fish
images from myth, history and Greek life
Ships
18
What principle vein of philosophy believed that pleasure was the primary goal in life?
Christianity
Paganism
Epicureanism
stoicism
19
The Jus civile of Julius Caesar was a
Civil rights
A poem to his people
A memoir
Rule of Roman Law
20
Who was the first great Greek historian ?
Julius
Ptolemy
Augustus
Herodotus
21
What happened in 476 CE to mark the final formal end to the Western Roman Empire
The death of Hadrian
The death of Nero
The Christianize of Rome
The deposition of Romulus Augustulus
22
What political event marked the last century of the Roman Republic ?
The invasion of barbarian Europe
power struggles between Marius, Sulla, Pompey and Caesar
The invasion of Greek army
War between the plebeians and patricians
23
By the Eighth Century BCE what had become the central subject of Greek art?
The Human Body
Aphrodite
The Female Nude
Athena
24
What was the primary function of the chorus in Greek Plays
to sing praises to Athena
To fill in the viewer about the hidden aspects of the drama
To provide commentary upon the action of the drama
To remind people to stand and applaud
25
To whom is the Parthenon dedicated ?
Apollo
Helen of Troy
Athena
Plato
26
What is unique about the Pantheon's Roof?
The archway
The oculus
The square shape
The front door
27
What role did myth serve to the Ancient Greeks?
Myth was a revelation from the gods
Myth was imaginary
Myth was part of a past history of belief
Mythology was considered to be historically true
28
What is the subject of the frieze at the Alter of Zeus in Pegamum
The battle of Gods and Giants
A very image of a ship
A pony
A goat
29
Who was the Greek Goddess who oversaw wisdom and warfare?
Hera
Aphrodite
Demeter
Athena
30
what elements of the Temple of Portunus was influenced by the Etruscan culture ?
Long walkways and arches
elevated podium and columned porches
Round Rooms
Terraced steps
31
Who was the most noted satirist in Rome
cicero
Seneca
Virgil
Juvenal
32
Which philosopher tried to explain all phenomena in terms of one or more material elements?
Anaxagoras
Pythagoras
Thales
Plato
33
What was the Polis ?
The priest class of Athens
The warrior class of Athens
The city state of Athens
The ruling class of Athens
34
The philosopher who believed that the world was subject to constant change
Zeno
Aristotle
Plato
Heraclitus
35
What was the impact of the Tyrants on Greek culture ?
they supported the arts
They treated the poor with Disdain
They Crushed the Republic
they created laws and ruled fairly
36
Which Roman literary work is a important source of knowledge about Greek and Roman mythology?
Metamorphoses
The collected book of Myth
The memoir of Julius Caesar
The Republic
37
What accounts for the rise of Athens during the beginning of the Greek Classical period?
Athenians ability to tell the future
Athenian's highly evolved trade with Egypt
Athena providing support in overcoming the Persians.
Athenians' superior skill at create art
38
Which writer and orator put down a plot against the Roman Government ?
Pericles
Horace
Virgil
Cicero
39
What events do Plato's work in Apology, The Crito and the Phaedo record ?
Socrates' final last days before dying
The Fall of the Persian Empire
The Rule of Alexander the Great
The Rule of the Spartans
40
Period following the death of Alexander the Great is called?
Classical period
Hellenistic Period
Late classical period
archaic period
41
What are the two main periods of Roman history ?
Republican and imperial Rome
Greek and Hellenistic
Hellenistic and Augustan
pagan and Christian
42
Who was the Roman version of Artemis ?
Diana the huntress
Venus
Aphrodite
Hera
43
Who was the ruler of the Greek Pantheon of Gods and Goddesses ?
Odin
Zeus
Ra
Apollo
44
The meander found on Greek Geometric pottery is what motif?
knotwork
Spiders
Flowers and vines
maze pattern
45
What was the name of the school founded by Aristotle
The Acropolis
Lyceum
Pantheon
Academy
46
The Hellenistic cities became what Empire
Mongol
Persian
Egyptian
Roman Empire
47
What Greek Epic Poem reveals the Story of Achilles
the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Odyssey
The Iliad
The Aeneid
48
Who is the Father of Greek History
Pythagoras
Herodotus
Zeno
Aristotle
49
Who was the author of Antigone and Oedipus the King
Pythagoras
Herodotus
Sophocles
Homer
50
What was the function of the Pont du Gard?
A movable bridge
A long walkway
Aqueduct
A long house
