Deck 33: Greece: Heracles and Dionysus

Question 1

Heracles was said to have been driven mad by ____________________.

A) Megara
B) Iphitus
C) Hera
D) Eurystheus

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The crew of Tyrrhenians who betrayed Dionysus _________________________________________.

A) were turned into dolphins
B) turned Dionysus into a dolphin
C) expected a large amount of gold for transporting him
D) were actually placed there by a jealous Hera

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The Greek festivals of Dionysus did NOT include _______________________________________.

A) long periods of watching dramatic performances
B) cross-dressing
C) human sacrifice
D) obscene songs

Answer 3

C

Question 4

For the Greeks, ephebes were ___________________________________________.

A) keepers of the holy sites
B) 18-year-old boys who underwent two years of military training
C) old men who were revered for their wisdom
D) victors in a military contest

Question 5

Eurystheus did not accept Heracles' labor of cleaning out the Augean stables in a day because ________________________________________________________.

A) Heracles did not complete the job satisfactorily
B) Heracles was paid for it
C) Heracles had help
D) Eurystheus was angry that Heracles had completed the job so quickly

Question 6

The stories of Heracles' labors gave the Greeks insight into their cosmology by _________________________.

A) sparking their imagination and therefore their understanding of science
B) describing fantastic creatures and interesting events
C) demonstrating why Heracles is a hero
D) providing them with an understanding of the geological boundaries and physical features of their world

Question 7

"Zeus is the father of Heracles" and "Amphitryon is the father of Heracles" are NOT contradictory because ____________________________________________________________.

A) Amphitryon is actually another name for Zeus
B) Zeus assumed the likeness of Amphitryon and went to bed with Alcmene
C) Zeus used his powers to help Amphitryon and Alcmene conceive a son
D) we are actually speaking of two separate figures named Heracles

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an official labor of Heracles?

A) stealing the apples of the Hesperides
B) slaying the Lernaean hydra
C) chasing the Stymphalian birds
D) slaying the lion of Cithairon

Question 9

Heracles went to Delphi to ask how he should atone for ___________________________________________.

A) throwing his children into the fire
B) killing his father
C) killing Linos, brother of Orpheus
D) killing Eigenos in battle

Question 10

Hippolyte was queen of the ___________________.

A) Bistones
B) Amazons
C) Acadians
D) Erytheians

Question 11

Athena took the apples of the Hesperides from Heracles and returned them to their hiding place because ____________________________________________.

A) it was unholy to keep them anywhere else
B) she wanted to keep them from Eurystheus
C) they would rot anywhere else but their magical place
D) she claimed they belonged to her

Question 12

Maenads are __________________________.

A) relatives of the Amazons
B) keepers of the apples of Hesperides
C) women who perform the rituals of Dionysus
D) servants at the oracle at Delphi

Question 13

Cerberus is __________________________ whose physical characteristics are ______________________________.

Question 14

When Heracles brings the Nemean lion to Eurystheus, he is told to remain outside the city and display the lion outside the gates because _________________________.

Question 15

Heracles overcomes the hydra of Lerna by burning out the roots of its head, cutting it off, and _________________________________________.

Question 16

Heracles ultimately kills ________________because the Amazons begin attacking him as a result of a plot by Hera.

Question 17

Geryon, of the Tenth Labor, is a monster because _____________________.

Question 18

____________________, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, was originally human and only later made immortal.

Question 19

_________________ can be defined as the situation in which the names and attributes of various gods are mingled and the rituals and beliefs of different regions become intertwined.

Question 20

The Eleusinian Mysteries were an annual rite performed in honor of _____________.

Question 21

Heracles had received his weapons from ___________________________.

Question 22

Like Heracles, Dionysus was the son of ________________ and a mortal mother.

Question 23

Eurystheus sent Heracles to bring back the belt of Hippolyte because ____________________________.

Question 24

The Pythia at the Delphic oracle told Heracles that when he had completed his assigned labors, he would become ____________________________.

Question 25

Eurystheus did not accept Heracles' completion of his Second Labor, killing the Lernaean hydra, because________________________________.

Question 26

Heracles was given the task of freeing _____________________________, who was chained to a rock as punishment for giving fire to humans.

Question 27

____________________________, brought back by Heracles in his final labor, are a symbol or a source of immortality and renewed youth.

Question 28

Heracles was aided in his Sixth Labor, driving away the Stymphalian birds, by _____________________, who gave him _________________________.