Odyssey Quiz: Bronze Age Greeks and the Trojan War
A quiz on the Bronze Age Greeks and the Trojan War opens the unit.
Version A
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – “Bronze Age Greeks” and “Trojan War”
NameDatePer.
1.
What is our principal source of knowledge regarding daily life in Bronze Age Greece?
2.
What kind of religion did the Greeks have: polytheistic or monotheistic?
3.
Which generator of civilization did the Bronze Age Greeks meet with apprenticeships?
4.
Zeus was the father of what famous beauty?
5.
Which son of King Priam of Troy was prophesied to be the doom of Troy?
6.
Who won the divine beauty contest?
7.
Of the three goddesses - Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera - who offered to make the judge the rich?
8.
Of the words listed below, which one means “land surrounded by water on three sides?”
9.
Of the words listed below, which one means “travelling story-teller”?
10.
Of the words listed below, which one means “a reference to literature, history, or art”?
- ALLUSION
- APPRENTICE
- BADE
- BARD
- CATALOGUE
- CONVENTION
- GIRDLE
- INVOKE
- PANTHEON
- PENINSULA
- SIBLING
- SIMILE
- SUPPLIANT
- TREACHERY
- TUTOR
- VENDETTA
BONUS:
A.
State one of the two Greek commandments.
Version B
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – “Bronze Age Greeks” and “Trojan War”
NameDatePer.
1.
What is our principal source of knowledge regarding daily life in Bronze Age Greece?
2.
Name one geological or geographical impediment to civilization in Bronze Age Greece?
3.
With what type of government did the Bronze Age Greeks satisfy the need for political order?
4.
Which generator of civilization did the Bronze Age Greeks meet with story-tellers?
5.
What did Eris toss into the wedding reception of Peleus and Thetis?
6.
Who judged the divine beauty contest”?
7.
What had he judged previously to qualify him for judging the beauty contest?
8.
Of the three goddesses - Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera - who offered to make the judge the both handsome and wise?
9.
Of the words below, which means “revenge?”
10.
Of the words below, which means “a brother or sister”?
- ALLUSION
- APPRENTICE
- BADE
- BARD
- CATALOGUE
- CONVENTION
- GIRDLE
- INVOKE
- PANTHEON
- PENINSULA
- SIBLING
- SIMILE
- SUPPLIANT
- TREACHERY
- TUTOR
- VENDETTA
BONUS:
A.
State one of the two Greek commandments.
Version C
GREAT BOOKSMr. Reed
Quiz – “Bronze Age Greeks” and “Trojan War”
NameDatePer.
1.
Name one geological or geographical feature that helped civilization in Bronze Age Greece?
2.
Which generator of civilization did the Bronze Age Greeks meet with tutors?
3.
The Greeks’ unifying basic belief was that to be Greek was to be . [Fill in the blank.]
4.
According to the inscription it bore, for whom was the apple that Eris threw intended?
5.
Whose death was faked by the presenting a dog’s tongue to King Priam of Troy?
6.
Name one of the two goddesses who lost the divine beauty contest?
7.
Of Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera - who offered to make Helen the contest judge’s mistress?
8.
Of the words listed below, which one means “one learning by working for a master craftsman?”
9.
Which one means “a lengthy list”?
10.
Of the words listed below, which one means “a sash worn around the waist or torso”?
- ALLUSION
- APPRENTICE
- BADE
- BARD
- CATALOGUE
- CONVENTION
- GIRDLE
- INVOKE
- PANTHEON
- PENINSULA
- SIBLING
- SIMILE
- SUPPLIANT
- TREACHERY
- TUTOR
- VENDETTA
BONUS:
A.
State one of the two Greek commandments.