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Mock Midterm Key

1) Please identify the following names. Supply at least 4 items of identification, such as theauthor & title of the work in which the character appears, their role in the story,relationships with other characters etc. (12%: 4 points per name, 1 pt. for each item of

identification):

1.1) Hekate

1.2) Phoinix

1.3) Eumaios

2) Please explain the following concepts. What does the Greek term mean? Who are the authorsand what are the titles of the literary works or historical documents in which they are relevant?(18%: each concept is worth 6 pts, each single item of identification gets 2 pts.):

2.1) Nostos

2.2) Oikos

2.3) Kleos

3) Please identify the following text passages. Name 4 out of the following 7 items (1. author of

the work, 2. title of the work, 3. speaker(s) of the passage ( ), 4. addressee(s) (IF ANY!! IF

), 5. person(s) spoken about, 6. context in the work, 7. place where scene takes place)ANY!!(20%: 4 points for each passage, 1 pt. for each item of identification):

3.1)

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3.2)

3.3)

3.4)

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3.5)

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4) Multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions (20%):

4.1) While Odysseus is away from home for 20 years, the ______________________ of Penelopeare feasting in his palace and eat up all his wealth.

4.2) The site of Apollo's oracle is called Pytho because________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________.

4.3 & 4.4) In his Works and Days, the poet Hesiod tells the myth of the 5 Ages of mankind. The

first race of mortals is called for the metal _________. The last race of mortals, among whom

Hesiod includes himself, is called for the metal _____________.

4.5) Dionysus is born from the thigh of Zeus because_________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________.

4.6) The Homeric Hymn to Demetertells of the establishment of the E_______________

M_____________.

4.7) At the beginning of the Iliad, Apollo sends a plague to the Greeks because

a)

Odysseus did not sacrifice to him;b)

Agamemnon insulted Apollo's priest;c)

the Trojans ask him to.

4.8) Zeus swallows Metis becausea) he swallows all his wivesb)

he swallows all his childrenc)

she is destined to give birth to a son greater than his fatherd)

Metis has cut off his genitals

4.9) Zeus punishes mortals with the gift of Pandora becausea)

they did not sacrifice to Zeusb) Prometheus stole fire for mortals

c)

Prometheus did not sacrifice to Zeusd)

mortals have behaved immorally

4.10) The name of Demeter's daughter isa) Persephoneb)

Penelopec)

Briseisd)

Helen

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5) Please choose the correct names for the sites marked on the map (choose from the followingnames: Athens, Chios, Delos, Delphi, Eleusis, Ithaka, Kikonians, Knossos, Lesbos, Mycenae,Pylos, Sparta, Troy) (15%):

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6) Please identify the following images (15%: 3 points per image, 1 pt. for each item ofidentification OR points given as indicated):

6.1) Name two characters depicted here &the title of the poem in which this scene isdepicted (3 pts):

6.2) Name 3 of the following: place oforigin, time period, description of artifact,what is depicted:

6.3) Name 3 of the following: place oforigin, time period, description of artifact,material, discoverer, title commonly given:

6.4) Name the location of the excavationphotographed here:(3 pts.)

6.5) Name location of the site (1.5 pts.) and purpose of this plan (1.5 pts) (3pts.):