Classical lit Quarter 3

Question 1

god who granted midas his wish

Answer 1

Bacchus

Question 2

guardians of the sacred flame

Answer 2

vestal virgins

Question 3

unique, an entity unto itself

Answer 3

sui generis

Question 4

trojan princess who was never believed

Answer 4

cassandra

Question 5

in absence

Answer 5

in absentia

Question 6

even you Brutus? epitome of betrayal

Answer 6

et tu brute?

Question 7

woman with snake hair whose look turned people to stone

Answer 7

Medusa

Question 8

king of crete who kept the minotaur locked up

Answer 8

minos

Question 9

god who cursed cassandra

Answer 9

apollo

Question 10

kills the minotaur

Answer 10

Theseus

Question 11

sailors of the Argo

Answer 11

argonauts

Question 12

maze like structure that housed the minotaur

Answer 12

labyrinth

Question 13

female graduate of a school

Answer 13

alumna

Question 14

main temple in rome dedicated to all gods

Answer 14

pantheon

Question 15

speaker’s platform in the forum

Answer 15

rostra

Question 16

roman politician and enemy of caesar

Answer 16

pompey

Question 17

master craftsman who made the labyrinth

Answer 17

daedalus

Question 18

in the place of a parent

Answer 18

in loco parentis

Question 19

beware of this day, beware of what may come

Answer 19

beware the ides of march

Question 20

totally, entirely

Answer 20

in toto

Question 21

most ornate type of column

Answer 21

corinthian

Question 22

raped cassandra at the temple of athena

Answer 22

Ajax

Question 23

symbol of power and authority

Answer 23

fasces

Question 24

group of people prosecuted by diocletian

Answer 24

christians

Question 25

basic column

Answer 25

doric

Question 26

goddess of hearth and home

Answer 26

vesta

Question 27

farmer/citizen, model of roman virtue, called from plow to lead army

Answer 27

cincinnatus

Question 28

roman emperor responsible for dividing empire into East and West

Answer 28

diocletian

Question 29

general agreement among members

Answer 29

consensus

Question 30

half man, half bull, lived in labyrinth

Answer 30

minotaur

Question 31

man with the golden touch

Answer 31

midas

Question 32

woman abducted by zeus in the form of a white bull

Answer 32

Europa

Question 33

artificial device that solves the plot of the story

Answer 33

deus ex machina

Question 34

all of gaul is divided into

Answer 34

three parts

Question 35

son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun

Answer 35

Icarus

Question 36

Not of sound mind

Answer 36

Non compos mentis

Question 37

Order of column with scrolls on the sides

Answer 37

Ionic

Question 38

Into the midst of things

Answer 38

In medias res

Question 39

For this purpose

Answer 39

Ad hoc

Question 40

Much in something small

Answer 40

Multum im parvo

Question 41

Male graduate of a school

Answer 41

Alumnus