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My daughter needs help on several questions that she could not find in her readings. I was never excellent in English to be able to help her. 1. According to your textbook, what is the significance of The Ilyiad and the Odyssey for the Greek ancient culture? A) They are seen as the best source of love poetry the culture has. B) They are seen as the basis of the culture's ideas of conduct and of religion. C) They are seen as stories brought in by other cultures in order to eliminate Greek culture by their influence. D) They are seen as irrelevant unless one focused on teaching literature. 2. What is the attitude toward war that, according to your textbook, is common throughout Homer's works? A) War is always an evil that men should work toward eliminating through negotiations and intelligent thought. B) War is the proper occupation of all true men. C) War is both brutal in its violence and attractive in its excitement. D) War is an example of how stupid human beings are, compared to the gods, who do not engage in war. 3. In The Iliad, Achilles sulks in his tent for a while, refusing to fight. Why does he do this? A) Agamemnon refused to free his daughter. B) Achilles was afraid of catching the plague sent by Apollo. C) Odysseus insulted him by calling him stupid. D) Agamemnon took away the prize he had, the young woman Briseis. 4. To escape from the Kyklops, Odysseus tells him that his name is really "Nobody." How did this help him escape? A) "Nobody" was a famous prophet for the Kyklops, so no one suspected him and thus they allowed him to leave the town. B) The Kyklops said "Nobody" was hurting him, so the others did not come to his aid. C) The goddess Athena had been looking for "Nobody," so when Odysseus used this name, she came and spirited him away. D) The men who had planned to deliver Odysseus to the Kyklops didn't realize who he was because he gave them the false name. 5. In The Aeneid, Aeneus leaves Troy supporting his father on his arm and leading his son by the hand. What does this symbolize? A) It shows that warriors become weak when their cities are destroyed. B) It shows that Aeneus carries the past and future with him to the new city. C) It shows that women were not important enough in this culture to save. D) It shows that the gods had deserted this family. 6. Although his wife and mother both try to persuade him not to give up his inherited royal position and live in the forest, Rama (in The Ramayana of Valmiki) goes into the forest. Why does he do this? A) He wants to gather an army in secret to be sure he can conquer his brother, who is trying to steal the kingship. B) He is sulking because his father refuses to talk to him. C) He has decided to become a monk and so doesn't want to be distracted by worldly goods and responsibilities. D) He feels that obeying his father's command is more important than anything else. 7. How does Sita (The Ramayana of Valmiki) get Laksmana to stop guarding her and go off to find Rama? A) She tricks him by pretending to go to sleep. B) She disguises herself as a demon and frightens him off. C) She accuses him of trying to seduce her as soon as Rama is gone. D) She reminds him of his pledge to obey her in all things. 8. The individual stories in The Thousand and One Nights are told in bits and pieces, always stopping just before a major event happens, to be continued the next night. Why is the literary work organized this way? A) The framework of the story is that the storyteller will be killed in the morning, so she stops the tales at an exciting spot in order to get her listener to spare her for one more night, so he can hear the end of the story. B) The stories are taken from old movie and television shows, such as soap operas, that always stop at an exciting part. C) All Arabic literature breaks stories up into tiny parts, to go along with the culture's conception of art. D) The stories were meant to be said aloud, and a speaker cannot talk for very long without growing tired and so has to stop frequently. 9. Is The Thousand and One Nights an epic poem? A) Yes; it is long and has a very heroic figure, the merchant, who conquers demons. B) Yes; it is very formal in language. C) No; it is a narrative instead of a poem and does not have a central heroic figure. D) No; it does not have any supernatural beings in it. 10. What language were the gospels of the New Testament written in? A) Aramaic B) Latin C) Greek D) Egyptian

Public Comments

1. I recommend dogpile or encarta. Of course, 99% of us here dont have BA in greek history.
2. Wow. That's a lot of questions. Its hard to answer them without having her textbook.Maybe try typing your questions in on a search engine like yahoo, aol, google, dogpile, or ask.com.