希腊罗马神话试卷

Greek and Roman Mythology

Name:__________ Class:_________ Score:_________

I. Match the gods/goddesses and their roles in mythology. (10%)

( ) 1. Diana A. goddess of grain

( ) 2. Poseidon B. goddess of hunting, the moon

( ) 3. Hades C. god of the sea

( ) 4. Hera D. queen of Olympus; goddess of marriage

and childbirth

( ) 5. Ceres E. goddess of arts and crafts and defensive

war; goddess of wisdom

( ) 6. Athena F. goddess of beauty and sexual desire ( ) 7. Aphrodite G.. god of war

( ) 8. Mars H. metal smith of the gods

( ) 9. Hermes I. ruler of the Underworld; lord of the dead

( ) 10. Hephaestus J. Zeus’messenger, guardian of travelers,

merchants and thieves

K. one of the Fates who determine the

length of each mortal’s life

II. Choose a word/phrase from the following list to fill in each of the blanks with, changing their forms if necessary. (20%)

1.The report presented by the scientist to the government was extremely _______ - no one could understand it.

2.He was ________ by her beauty, but lacked the courage to speak to her.

3.Another round of negotiations were conducted on the Middle East under the _______ of the UN.

4.Seeing the ________ expression on his father’s face, the boy immediately knew what was awaiting him.

5.While the president was casually chatting with his supporters, his body-guards were _______, looking for any single sign of danger.

6.The scientist spent all his life researching the ____________ of his hometown.

7.Showing disrespect to gods according to many cultures is to invite ______.

8.The young man had about him a(n) _______ of youth and health.

9. When the theater caught fire, there was a great______.

10. The desk was a ______ of papers and unopened letters.

III. Multiple Choice Questions (10%)

( )1. The Iliad and the Odyssey were both written by _______.

A. Virgil

B. Ovid

C. Hesiod

D. Homer

( )2. Many transformation stories can be found in _________, a collection of poems written by ____.

A. Metamorphosis; Ovid

B. Theogony, Hesiod

C. Persians, Aeschylus

D. Aeneid, Virgil

( )3.The spinners of the thread of human destiny were __________.

A. the Muses

B. the Graces

C. the Fates

D. the Furies

( )4.Zeus changed Io a _______ hide her from Hera.

A. bear

B. heifer

C. snake

D. bull

( )5.Leda and the Swan was supposedly painted by __________.

A. Peter Paul Rubens

B. Gustave Moreau

C. Sandro Botticelli

D. Leonardo da Vinci

( )6.Pandora replaced the lid of her box, with only one thing left at the bottom - _______.

A. war

B. famine

C. hope

D. disease

( )7.Arachne was a _____, who was punished by ______.

A. hunter; Diana

B. titan; Zeus

C. weaver; Minerva

D. king; Hera

( )8.When we say someone has Midas’ ears, we are commenting on his ________.

A. wealth

B. poor judgment

C. pride

D. avarice

( )9.The gods who ruled the heavens, the ocean and the Underworld, respectively, were ______.

A. Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn

B. Jupiter, Apollo and Neptune D. Jupiter, Neptune and

Pluto

( )10.If you throw a sop to Cerberus, you are trying to _______.

A. kill someone

B. bribe someone

C. avoid being killed by someone

D. enjoy a blissful afterlife.

IV. Read each literary excerpt carefully and do the following: (a) underline all the mythological allusions, and (b) explain their meanings according to the context of the excerpt. (20%)

1. We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia. (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847)

____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2.There was, as I have said, a Minerva fully armed. (Marilynne Robinson, Mother Country, 1889) ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

3.Trinity College had undertaken the Sisyphean task of repairing all of its historic Front Square.

(John Brady, A Stone of the Heart, 1988)

____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

4.Antoine and Francoise with their children, but without ever knowing why, joined the refugees