Final Exam Part One
EH 280
Closed Book Section I
(30 minutes- more or less)
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 Hector slay Patroclus?
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 Hamartia.
11. Name Medea’s husband and name the woman he wants to marry.
12. Who is Helen’s Husband?
13. How is Jocasta 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 Name Dido’s first husband
22. Name the sister of Dido.
23. In Ovid, which divinity pursues Daphne?
24. From what object is Sappho’s lyre made?
25. What deity causes the deaths of the Greeks in Book One of The Iliad?
26. What is Medea’s native land?
27. Translate “in Medias Res.”
28. Identify Merope
29, What city does Oedipus wrongly believe is his birth city?
30. Who sends “The Bull of Heaven”?
31. In the Iliad what do the Greeks call themselves?
32. Who is the worst of the suitors?
33. What does the name “Telemachus” mean?
34. Off a quick but compelling definition of anagnoresis.
35. Identify Anchises, Ascanius/Iulus, and Gaetulian Iarbas.
36. With what object does Oedipus blind himself?
37. Name Aeneas’ first wife.
38. Name the Trojan who gets Helen after Paris (Alexander) is killed.
39. To what city does Medea “Fly” after she kills her children?
40. Identify the “pet” who provokes the jealousy of Catullus.
41. Who outwits a Trojan to gain his golden armor?
42.Who is carried off by serpentine sea monsters in the story of the Trojan Horse?
43. Who is little Timas?
44. Name the faithful dog of Odysseus.
45. Who is slain by Aeneas at the end of Book Twelve of the Aeneid?
46. Name the blind prophet in Oedipus.
47. Name the Guard dog of the underworld.
48.Who guides Aeneas through the underworld?
49. What sacred object allows Aeneas to cross the river of the underworld?
50. Who are the two judges of the underworld in The Aeneid?
51.Who did Theseus attempt to bring from Hades?
52. Who is Palinurus?
Bonus: list a food or two served at Trimalchio’s dinner.
Bonus two: Who is the mother of Gilgamesh?
Bonus three: From what country did Dido depart to found Carthage
Bonus four: define and cite an example of Catharsis