Lesson Quiz 6-1: Greek Civilization

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

• A. religious beliefs.

• B. love of poetry.

• C. love of sport.

• D. political beliefs.

This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the Iliad.

• A. Aesop

• B. Odysseus

• C. Croesus

• D. Homer

What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?

• comedy and tragedy

• myth and fable

• epic and tragedy

• comedy and myth

The three best-known dramatists who wrote Greek tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripides, and

• Aristophanes

• Homer

• Sophocles

• Aesop

The three types of columns the Greeks used in their buildings were Doric, Ionic, and

• A. Athenian.

• B. Corinthian.

• C. Parthenon.

• D. Gregorian.

a long poem about heroic deeds

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

• oral tradition

a short tale that teaches a lesson

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

• oral tradition

a priest or priestess who could tell the future

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

• oral tradition

a traditional story about Gods and Goddesses

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

• oral tradition

the custom of passing along stories by speech

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

• oral tradition