Characters
The most beautiful woman in the world
Who is Helen?
"Dawn, with her rose red fingers..." is an example of this literary term.
What is personification?
"after watching the sunset" is a phrase or clause
What is a phrase?
The definition of commence
what is "to begin" or "to start"?
The author of Julius Caesar.
Who is Shakespeare?
Person who says, "Et tu, Brute?"
Who is Caesar?
Hubris is an example of this literary term.
What is hamartia?
The relative pronoun that correctly completes the sentence "Jones is the man ____ I went fishing with last spring" is...
What is whom?
Flagrant behavior would be (a) unusual (b) ordinary (c) funny (d) rude (e) outrageous
What is (e) outrageous?
The dancing place located at the base of the stage in a Greek theatron.
What is the orchestra?
The brother Creon would not allow to be buried.
Who is Polyneices?
The pairing of Antigone and Ismene is an example of this literary term.
What is foil?
In the following sentence "For dinner, we had chicken fried steak, which is my favorite dish," identify the type of subordinate clause.
What is adjective?
The word that means hateful, mean, spiteful
What is malicious?
The number of years in the Trojan War.
What is 10?
Name 2 of the monsters/creatures Odysseus encounters and explain what they are.
What are Charybdis (whirlpool), Scylla (6 headed rock), Cyclops (1 eyed giant), Sirens (singing half-bird, half-woman temptresses)?
A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances.
What is peripetia?
Identify the subordinate clause AND its type: "When the rain began, we were six miles from home."
What is "When the rain began" and adverb?
Complete the sentence: "Knowledge of medical cures advanced slowly, but deadly plagues no longer ____ huge segments of the population."
(a) annihilate or (b) decimate
What is (b) decimate?
Tragedy originated in religious festivals in honor of...
Who is Dionysus?
The most evil suitor in the Odyssey
Who is Antinous?
Name 3 of the 5 conventions of a Homeric epic.
What are stock epithets, metrical structure, epic similes, in medias res, and invocation?
Identify the type (S, Cd, Cx, Cd-Cx) of sentence: "Aren’t people who are optimistic usually cheerful?"
What is complex?
The appropriate completion of this analogy:
INVINCIBLE:SUPERHERO::
(a) winner:victorious (b) heroic:coward
(c) lovely:scoundrel (d) invigorating:exercise
(e) boring:magician
What is d) invigorating:exercise?
The name of the three goddesses in the beauty contest.
Who are Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera?