Deck 7: Myths of the Great God Apollo

Question 1

The meaning of Apollo's name is _______.

A) "bright"
B) "far-seer"
C) unknown
D) "healer"

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Who is Apollo's mother?

A) Leto
B) Chryseis
C) Maia
D) Dionê

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In the Classical Period, Apollo is sometimes called a _______.

A) weather-god
B) sun-god
C) war-god
D) hunter-god

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In the opening of Homer's Iliad, the priest Chryses calls upon Apollo and invokes him as _______.

A) Lord of the Mice
B) the Cloud-Gatherer
C) Father of Gods and Men
D) the Mountain God

Question 5

When she was pregnant, Leto was persecuted by which other goddess?

A) Hestia
B) Demeter
C) Aphrodite
D) Hera

Question 6

On which island was Apollo born?

A) Santorini
B) Ortygia
C) Delos
D) Naxos

Question 7

Which goddess was instrumental in helping Apollo to be born?

A) Thetis
B) Eileithyia
C) Aphrodite
D) Athena

Question 8

After the Persian Wars, in 478 BC the island of Delos became the meeting ground for the ________.

A) Federation of Greek City-States
B) Peloponnesian League
C) Delian League
D) Corinthian Alliance

Question 9

Apollo's shrine at Delphi is perched on the slope of what mountain?

A) Mount Parnassus
B) Mount Pelion
C) Mount Olympus
D) Mount Ossa

Question 10

What did Apollo do to the satyr Marsyas after defeating him in a musical contest?

A) He flayed Marsyas alive
B) He gave Marsyas the ears of a donkey
C) He took away Marsyas's voice
D) He struck Marsyas blind

Question 11

Apollo's destruction of the serpent ______ is a Greek form of the ancient Eastern story of dragon combat (like the fight of Marduk against Tiamat).

A) Crisa
B) Glaukê
C) Telphousa
D) Python

Question 12

The author of the Homeric Hymn to Apollo evidently derives Delphi from what Greek word?

A) delphis ("dolphin")
B) dolos ("deception")
C) dêladê ("without a doubt")
D) delphax ("pig")

Question 13

The Greeks regarded Delphi as the center of the world, and the conical _______ marked the site as the world's navel.

A) sphairos
B) kyklos
C) omphalos
D) demos

Question 14

Where did the Pythia go when preparing to answer questions?

A) The adytum of Apollo's temple
B) The furthest interior of the cave of Pan
C) To the top of the Pillar of the Naxians
D) Inside the treasury of Delos

Question 15

Which of the following exhortations were carved on the temple of Apollo at Delphi?

A) "Fortune favors the bold"
B) "Know yourself"
C) "Nothing too much"
D) "Wash your hands"

Question 16

Apollo failed to add one thing to his gift to the Sibyl at Cumae. What was it?

A) Wisdom
B) The ability to sleep
C) A long life
D) Lasting youth to accompany her long life

Question 17

What does Daphnê's name mean in Greek?

A) "laurel"
B) "bow"
C) "lyre"
D) "olive"

Question 18

Apollo's son, the Greek god of medicine, is _______.

A) Hyginus
B) Asclepius
C) Adonis
D) Hermaphroditus

Question 19

Which of the following is not one of the functions of Apollo?

A) God of prophecy
B) God of healing
C) God of weaving
D) God of musical skill

Question 20

The word shaman is Siberian for "_______."

A) seeker
B) inner knowledge
C) he who knows
D) the one who cures

Question 21

The figure on the left represents _______.

A) Leto
B) the Pythia
C) Cassandra
D) Daphnê