Midterm - Multiple Choice (64%)
1. Athena’s “mother” was named:
a. Maea b. Leto c. Leda d. Rheia e. Metis
2. The Hymn to Dionysius that we read features:
a. bacchae b. satyrs c. pirates d. orgies e. Ampelus
3. Who wrote the so-called “Myth of Er?”
a. Aristotle b. Hesiod c. Plato d. Euripides e. Homer
4. Zeus caused Aphrodite to fall in love with which mortal?
a. Anchises b. Ganymede c. Paris d. Tithonus e. Peleus
5. Which of the following goddesses was not one of Zeus’s wives or consorts?
a. Rheia b. Leto c. Maea d. Demeter e. Metis
6. What was the name of the woman whose child Demeter attempted to immortalize?
a. Danaë b. Myrrhine c. Megara d. Metaneira e. Penelope
7. Which goddess fell in love with Tithonus?
a. Aphrodite b. Maea c. Eos d. Iris e. Hestia
8. Where was an oracle that employed oak trees located?
a. Mekone b. Delphi c. Delos d. Dodona e. Isthmia
8. Which relative did Dionysus have dismembered by his Bacchae?
a. brother b. uncle c. nephew d. 2nd cousin e. 1st cousin
9. What was the ekkyklema in the Athenian theater?
a. crane b. stage c. cart d. tarp e. dancing area
10. Which goddess was associated with childbirth?
a. Aphrodite b. Eileithyia c. Artemis d. Athena e. Metis
