Lesson 11-14 Review

Question 1

king of Ithaca; reluctant hero of the Trojan War

Answer 1

Odysseus

Question 2

son of Odysseus

Answer 2

Telemachus

Question 3

race of one-eyed giants

Answer 3

Cyclops

Question 4

god of the winds

Answer 4

Aeolus

Question 5

Odysseus’ captain

Answer 5

Eurylochus

Question 6

sorceress; turned men into animals

Answer 6

Circe

Question 7

monster of the Strait of Messina; deadly whirlpool

Answer 7

Scylla and Charybdis

Question 8

sea nymph; cared for Odysseus for seven years

Answer 8

Calypso

Question 9

island princess; found Odysseus on the shore

Answer 9

Nausicaa

Question 10

wife of Odysseus

Answer 10

Penelope

Question 11

“I care nothing for gods! But as for men, let me show you how much I like them! “

Answer 11

Cyclops

Question 12

“Loose me! Loose me! I must go nearer that music!”

Answer 12

Odysseus

Question 13

fruit of a small tree

Answer 13

lotus

Question 14

a sudden, brief, violent windstorm

Answer 14

squall

Question 15

long adventurous voyage

Answer 15

odyssey

Question 16

descendants of Hercules; conquered southern Greece

Answer 16

Spartans

Question 17

conquered people forced into serfdom by the Spartans

Answer 17

Helots

Question 18

prince of Sparta; reformed the laws

Answer 18

Lycurgus

Question 19

“Bring up this child for Sparta.”

Answer 19

order of Sparta

Question 20

“Come back with this or upon this.”

Answer 20

saying of Spartan mothers

Question 21

“Sparta’s citizens are her walls.”

Answer 21

Lycurgus

Question 22

government by a few persons or families

Answer 22

oligarchy

Question 23

throwing spears

Answer 23

javelins

Question 24

to recoil involuntarily, from surprise or pain

Answer 24

flinch

Question 25

weak and soft in attitude and behavior

Answer 25

effeminate

Question 26

unemployed and lazy persons

Answer 26

idlers

Question 27

frugal and self-disciplined

Answer 27

spartan

Question 28

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 28

Sicily

Question 29

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 29

Sparta

Question 32

began the reform of the laws of Athens

Answer 32

Draco

Question 33

further reformed the laws of Athens

Answer 33

Solon

Question 34

ruling magistrate of Athens

Answer 34

archon

Question 35

rich king of Lydia

Answer 35

Croesus

Question 36

“Who is the happiest man you have ever known?”

Answer 36

Croesus

Question 37

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 37

Athens

Question 38

Identify the starred location on the map.

Answer 38

Asia Minor

Question 39

“When I hear whether or not your life has ended nobly, then I shall know whether or not you were really happy.”

Answer 39

Solon

Question 40

members of a city legislature

Answer 40

alderman

Question 41

seized the Acropolis; made himself tyrant of Athens

Answer 41

Pisistratus

Question 42

citadel of Athens

Answer 42

Acropolis

Question 43

Homer’s epic about the Trojan War

Answer 43

Iliad

Question 44

Homer’s epic about the wanderings of Odysseus

Answer 44

Odyssey

Question 45

“Men of Athens! See what my enemies have done to me because I am a friend of the people.”

Answer 45

Pisistratus

Question 46

a city fortress in a commanding position

Answer 46

citadel

Question 47

cities ruled by magistrates (citizens) instead of kings

Answer 47

republics

Question 48

sole ruler in a Greek city republic

Answer 48

tyrant