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