Deck 12: Rome: Ovid Flood

Question 1

According to Ovid, the gods decide to send a flood to destroy humanity because __________________.

A) humans are sinful
B) humans are not worshipping the gods any more
C) the world has become too crowded
D) the gods are tired of taking care of the world

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Although Ovid is retelling myths of the ancient Greeks, this flood story more likely comes from Mesopotamia because _______________________.

A) the Romans admired the Mesopotamians
B) Mesopotamia had a history of flooding and Greece did not
C) Prometheus was actually a Mesopotamian god
D) Ovid says so

Answer 2

B

Question 3

After the flood that Ovid describes, all mankind descend from ______________.

A) Pyrrha and Deucalion
B) Pyrrha and Prometheus
C) Pandora and Deucalion
D) Pandora and Prometheus

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Jove's oath to get rid of the mortals is unbreakable because _____________________________________.

A) he is the leader of the Council of the Gods
B) the mortals had agreed to it
C) all of the other gods agree with him
D) he swore it on the streams that flow into the River Styx

Question 5

Jove tells the other gods that he knows just how disrespectful humans are to the gods because ________________________.

A) he has studied the problem for a long time
B) he went down to earth disguised as a human
C) he can see all from Olympus
D) as a god, he knows all

Question 6

After failing to trick Jove, Lycaeon runs off in a frenzied panic and gradually turns into a__________________.

A) snake
B) bear
C) wolf
D) lion

Question 7

Lycaeon tested Zeus by __________________.

A) giving him a meal made of a murdered man's body parts
B) challenging him to combat
C) asking him to solve a riddle
D) jeering at him in public

Question 8

As punishment for testing him, Jove destroys Lycaeon's house by ________________.

A) sending an army to crush it
B) hurling his lightning bolt
C) causing a flood
D) burning it

Question 9

When the gods have concerns about the world after the destruction of the human race, Jove consoles them by _________________________.

A) promising he will not go against their will
B) reminding them he is the chief god
C) reminding them that the current human race is not worth saving
D) telling them he will create a new race

Question 10

Jove's lightning bolts were forged by _______________________.

A) Hephaistos
B) the Cyclopes
C) Aeolus
D) Boreas

Question 11

The goddess who helps cause the flood by fetching water to provide the clouds with more rain is _______________________.

A) Juno
B) Iris
C) Hera
D) Pandora

Question 12

By shaking his trident, Neptune aids the flooding by __________________.

A) making all of the earth creatures angry
B) making rain come from the trident
C) freeing a pathway for the waters
D) cheering on the water deities

Question 13

The first thing Deucalion and Pyrrha do when their boat lands is ____________.

A) pray
B) send out a dove
C) let out the animals they had brought with them
D) gather their family together

Question 14

When Deucalion and Pyrrha throw the stones behind them, as they interpret the oracle __________________.

A) they think they are throwing the bones of their ancestors
B) they think this is a comical thing to be asked
C) the stones become human beings
D) the stones become a variety of animals

Question 15

The only humans to survive the flood in Ovid's account are_____________________ and __________________________.

Question 16

___________________ leads the Council of the Gods.

Question 17

____________________ jeered at Jove and the humans worshipping him when the god announced his divinity to them.

Question 18

Jupiter FIRST intends to destroy the world by _____________________.

Question 19

___________________ is Jupiter's wife.

Question 20

___________________ is Jupiter's wife's messenger.

Question 21

___________________, the Roman god of the sea, commands all water sources to "Set all your forces free."

Question 22

Noah's ark landed on Mt. Ararat; Deucalion's skiff landed on __________________.

Question 23

After the flood subsided and the sun dried the earth, both old and new ____________ emerged from it.

Question 24

According to Ovid's account, new humans were formed from ___________________ that Deucalion and Pyrrha tossed behind them as they walked.