Sample Final Exam. Part One
Here is a sample closed book section- a small part of a final:
EH 280
Closed Book Section
(10 minutes)
1. [This is a multiple question.] When Odysseus returns home to Ithaca, the poem presents a series of recognition scenes. In a way brief and helpful, identify the woman who first recognizes Odysseus and indicate what allows her to recognize him.
2. What heroic “Test” does Odysseus pass to show he is worthy to be Penelope’s husband?
3. What divinity helps Odysseus in the fight at home?
4. Book 23 ends with Odysseus saying he is going to look for someone. Who is that person?
5. Name the son, father, and grandfather of Odysseus.
6. With what weapon does Achilles slay Hector?
7. Who comes to beg for the body of Hector, and where does he kiss Achilles
8. Who is Cleis?
9. Who kills Humbaba?
10. Translate Hamertia.
11. Name Medea’s husband and name the woman he wants to marry.
12. Who is Clytemnestra’s lover?
13. In what room is Agamemnon when he is killed?
14. Who is Siduri?
15. What Catullus poem has an oxymoronic title?
16. An easy one. What is the name (nickname?) of the woman Catullus loves?
17. Which divinity sponsors Aeneas?
18. From what Gate does Aeneas leave the underworld, that of horn or of Ivory—(of true dream or false)?
19. What sacred site in Athens do the women occupy in Lysistrata?
20. What Latin adjective is especially associated with Aeneas?
21 What is the profession of the prospective bride in Pseudolus?
22. Name the father of Aeneas.
23. In Ovid, which divinity pursues Daphne?
24. From what object is Sappho’s lyre made?
25. Of what city was Augustine bishop?
26. What precious object does Polycrates try to cast away?
27. Who is Juturna?
28. From what fruit tree does Augustine steal fruit?
29. What is the obvious connection between Lucian and Herodotus?
30. Where do dido and Aeneas take refuge from the storm, and become lovers?
Bonus: list a food or two served at Trimalchio’s dinner.