The Epic of Gilgamesh
Which of the following best describes Gilgamesh at the beginning of the epic?
a. A humble and wise king
b. A tyrannical and self-centered ruler
c. A heroic warrior seeking glory
d. A wanderer searching for immortality
What is a tyrannical and self-centered ruler
The climax of a story is what?
What is the turning point of greatest conflict or tension
Odysseus blinds Polyphemus because of what?
What is the threat to kill more of his men?
What is the name of the author of the Aeneid?
Who is Virgil
An object representing a deeper meaning is what?
What is a symbol
Enkidu is created by the gods to:
a. Serve as Gilgamesh’s personal guard
b. Challenge and balance Gilgamesh’s power
c. Defeat Humbaba alone
d. Protect Uruk from invaders
What is b? Challenge and balance Gilgamesh’a power
A recurring symbol, theme, or idea is called what?
What is a motif?
Which goddess is Odysseus’s strongest divine ally?
a. Hera
b. Artemis
c. Athena
d. Aphrodite
What is c? Athena
Aeneus is known for his pietas, which means what?
What is duty to gods, family, and country
The time and place in a story is known as the what?
What is the setting
After Enkidu’s death, Gilgamesh’s primary motivation becomes:
a. Winning glory in battle
b. Becoming a better king
c. Avoiding death and attaining immortality
d. Revenge against the gods
What is c? Avoiding death and attaining immortality
A comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’ is called what?
What is a simile
The incident of the Sirens highlights which trait of Odysseus?
a. Impatience
b. Extreme curiosity
c. Disloyalty
d. Cowardice
What is b? Extreme curiosity
Dido falls in love with Aeneus why?
What is because Venus and Cupid cause it
A universal pattern or character type is what?
What is an Archetype
Explain how the friendship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu transforms Gilgamesh as a character?
He goes feom arrogant to humble through his friendship with Enkidu. He learns the value of loyalty and faces his mortality.
The central insight or message about life is called the what?
What is the theme
One major obstacle Odysseus faces is what?
What is: Sirens, Cyclops, Circe
The death of Pallas motivates Aeneus to:
a. Make peace with Turnus
b. Leave Italy
c. Defeat Turnis in battle
d. Return to Troy
What is c? Defeat Turnus in battle
Reference to a well known story or event is what?
What is an allusion?
Compare one theme that appears in both Gilgamesh and the Odyssey?
The value of: leadership, friendship, loyalty, duty
Excessive pride is known as what?
What is hubris
Provide one example of foreshadowing in The Odyssey
What is Athena’s promises, Zeus’s thunderbolt, or the prophet Theoklymenos’s prophecy
In the Aeneid, what is Aeneas’s ultimate mission?
What is the founding of Rome
Request for divine inspiration is what?
What is an invocation