270243436 | This ancient place is considered the navel of the universe. | Delphi | 0 | |
270243437 | This is the religious philosophy of the Hebrew people. | Monotheism | 1 | |
270243438 | Queen of the Phaiacians. | Arete | 2 | |
270243439 | What happens to Oedipus at the end of Oedipus the King? | He is blinded | 3 | |
270243440 | Commits suicide over a family secret. | Jocasta | 4 | |
270243441 | Broke his neck in a fall from the roof and was the first Odysseus sees in Hades. | Elpenor | 5 | |
270243442 | King of the Phaiacians. | Alkinoos | 6 | |
270243443 | Their song lured sailors to their deaths. | Sirens | 7 | |
270243444 | This is the tree that Eve eats the apple from. | Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil | 8 | |
270243445 | Gives Odysseus a bag of winds for his trip. | Aiolos | 9 | |
270243446 | The Phaiacians' best-known craft is. | Shipbuilding | 10 | |
270243447 | This was the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx. | Man | 11 | |
270243448 | Created the religious philosophy in the Five Ages of Man. | Hesiod | 12 | |
270243449 | God of the sea; sought revenge on Odysseus. | Poseidon | 13 | |
270243450 | Biological father of Oedipus. | Laius | 14 | |
270243451 | He wrote Oedipus the King. | Sophocles | 15 | |
270243452 | Symbol of heritage for the Greeks. | Eternal flame | 16 | |
270243453 | Religious philosophy of the Greek people. | Polytheism | 17 | |
270243454 | Gives Odysseus a plant to save him from a spell. | Hermes | 18 | |
270243455 | The whirlpool that waited to devour ships. | Kharybdis | 19 | |
270243456 | What happens to Odysseus at the end of the Odyssey? | He and his family reunite | 20 | |
270243457 | Known for feelings of man's inadequacy and God's omnipotent justice. | Hebrew | 21 | |
270243458 | Home of the most famous prophetess called the Phythia. | Delphi | 22 | |
270243459 | Irregular winds that blow into Palestine from the desert are called. | Siroccos | 23 | |
270243460 | Sacred text of the Hebrew people. | Torah | 24 | |
270243461 | Grey-eyed goddess who frequently appears in disguise. | Athena | 25 | |
270243462 | Known for intellectual honesty and curiosity. | Greeks | 26 | |
270243463 | Goddess who turned Odysseus' men into swine. | Circe | 27 | |
270243464 | Adopted mother of Oedipus. | Merope | 28 | |
270243465 | Means to do or to act. | Drama | 29 | |
270243466 | Which of the following is not considered an author of Genesis? | Abraham | 30 | |
270243467 | Oedipus becomes king of what city? | Thebes | 31 | |
270243468 | This is Gilgamesh's best friend forever. | Enkidu | 32 | |
270243469 | One-eyed son of Poseidon. | Polyphemos | 33 | |
270243470 | He wrote The Odyssey. | Homer | 34 | |
270243471 | Adopted father of Oedipus. | Polybus | 35 | |
270243472 | This is the Greek translation of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew. | Septuagint | 36 | |
270243473 | Was the patriarchal flood survivor whom Gilgamesh visited. | Utnapishtim | 37 | |
270243474 | This monster is pitiful in defeat and begs Gilgamesh for mercy. | Humbaba | 38 | |
270243475 | Princess who washed her clothes after Athena's visit. | Nausikaa | 39 | |
270243476 | This Bible translation is the basis for the Roman Catholic English Bible. | Reims-Douay | 40 | |
270243477 | Which book of the Pentateuch is called "the time books of Moses?" | Genesis | 41 | |
270243478 | Considering the works that we have read, which of the following is not an epic? | Oedipus the King | 42 | |
270243479 | Biological mother of Oedipus. | Jocasta | 43 | |
270243480 | What was Homer's disability? | Blind | 44 | |
270243481 | What two works that we have read so far best compare story-wise. | Gilgamesh and Old Testament | 45 | |
270243482 | According to the Hebrew Bible, he is the first murderer. | Cain | 46 | |
270243483 | This is the name that the ancient Greeks went by. | Hellenes | 47 | |
270243484 | Faithful, hospitable wife known to be wise and cunning. | Penelope | 48 | |
270243485 | The belief that all actions involve consequences that must be suffered through many lives. | Karma | 49 | |
270266474 | Which one of the following was not one of Confucius' Five Constant Relationships? | Teacher to Student | 50 | |
270266475 | This is the Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1122-221 BCE which is considered the Golden Age of China. | Zhou | 51 | |
270266476 | This is the ancient Chinese term for Lord on High. | Shangdi | 52 | |
270266477 | Aristotle's school of philosophy. | Lyceum | 53 | |
270266478 | Chinese term which means doing what is right through actions. | Yi | 54 | |
270266479 | Belief system behind the following quote, Never have I not existed, nor you, nor these kings; and never in the future shall we cease to exist. | Reincarnation | 55 | |
270266480 | Work wherein Socrates was persuaded by his followers to break out of prison. | Crito | 56 | |
270266481 | This philosophical exercise advocates disciplining the senses and the mind as the soul's path to transcendence over matter. | Yoga | 57 | |
270266482 | This is the epic novel that houses Bhagavad-gita. | Mahabharata | 58 | |
270266483 | These four books of sacred hymns accompanied the worship of gods who were personifications of nature and the powers of the cosmos. | Vedas | 59 | |
270266484 | Imperialist merchants who laid the foundation for the establishment of English language and Western ideas in India. | British East India Company | 60 | |
270266485 | Work in which Socrates' death is recounted. | Phaedo | 61 | |
270266486 | Philosopher who sought to know truth by asking questions about wisdom, justice, and the meaning of life and death. | Socrates | 62 | |
270266487 | This is the symbol for balance of good and evil or masculine and feminine. | Yin and Yang | 63 | |
270266488 | Which work did the following quote come from The rule of virtue can be compared to the Pole Star which commands the homage of the multitude of stars without leaving its place? | Analects | 64 | |
270266489 | This philosopher was known for his contribution to producing the first catalog of books among other things. | Aristotle | 65 | |
270266490 | Considered "the way" in Chinese language and philosophy. | Dao | 66 | |
270266491 | This writer was the first to document the Socratic Method in action. | Plato | 67 | |
270266492 | This is the divine concept of sky and heaven in Chinese culture. | Tian | 68 | |
270266493 | This work was considered the first literary criticism. | Poetics | 69 | |
270266494 | This philosopher is known as the founding Father of Ethics. | Socrates | 70 | |
270266495 | Great teacher who taught that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire. | Buddha | 71 | |
270266496 | This form of argument involves question and answer inquiry. | Dialectic | 72 | |
270266497 | And this quote I went to the one who had the reputation of wisdom, a politician, and when I began to talk to him, I could not help thinking that he was not wise because he thought he was wise? | Apology of Socrates | 73 | |
270266498 | He wrote The Clouds to poke fun at Socrates' philosophical beliefs and teachings. | Aristophanes | 74 | |
270266499 | The Chinese term for ritual. | Li | 75 | |
270266500 | Great teacher who was a secular, social philosopher. | Confucius | 76 | |
270266501 | Chinese term for the ideal relationship between two people. | Jen | 77 | |
270266502 | Where is this quote from If you fail to wage this war of sacred duty, you will abandon your own duty and fame only to gain evil? | Bhagavad-gita | 78 | |
270266503 | This is considered a vindication of divine justice in the face of evil. | Theodicy | 79 | |
270266504 | This is the Hindu term held to be the guiding principle of proper human conduct or sacred duty. | Dharma | 80 | |
270266505 | Plato's school of philosophy. | The Academy | 81 | |
270266506 | India's primary form of writing used to create classical literature, administration, and all intellectual endeavors from 1200 BCE through the eighteenth century. | Sanskrit | 82 | |
270266507 | Which of the following was not one of Aristotle's contributions to society? | Book about monotheism | 83 | |
270266508 | Socrates was accused of being one of these paid teachers even though he never took money for his teaching. | Sophists | 84 | |
270266509 | Figure who claims that ancient lore will not keep karma from the soul. | Krishna | 85 | |
270266510 | This man sees his cousins ready to fight on the battlefield and begins questioning Krishna about what to do. | Arjuna | 86 | |
270266511 | This work features Confucius as someone who transmits, but does not innovate. | Analects | 87 | |
270266512 | Main accuser in The Apology of Socrates who was subject to Socrates' cross examination. | Meletus | 88 | |
270266513 | What sins does the she-wolf represent? | Sins of Incontinence | 89 | |
270266514 | The Aeneid takes place during and after which war? | Trojan | 90 | |
270266515 | What human quality does Virgil, author of The Aeneid, represent? | Reason | 91 | |
270266516 | Who fought in the Punic Wars? | Carthage and Rome | 92 | |
270266517 | Who is NOT one of the virtuous pagans? | Sophacles | 93 | |
270266518 | The Canterbury Tales were originally written in what language? | Middle English | 94 | |
270266519 | What happened to Dido? | She committed suicide | 95 | |
270266520 | What sins does the lion represent? | Sins of Violence and Ambition | 96 | |
270266521 | What is Malebolge? | Evil Pockets | 97 | |
270266522 | From which city was Dante exiled? | Florence | 98 | |
270266523 | Who is the drunken pilgrim who tells the story of Nicholas and Alison? | Miller | 99 | |
270266524 | Venus was Aeneis' mother; who was Aeneis' father? | Anchises | 100 | |
270266525 | What was the name of the city where The Canterbury Tales pilgrimage began? | Southwark | 101 | |
270266526 | What real-life leader would Aeneis remind the Roman (and other) readers of? | ... | 102 | |
270266527 | Who was Aeneis' son? | Ascanius | 103 | |
270266528 | The Canterbury Tales is what kind of story? | Frame | 104 | |
270266529 | Which section is NOT a section of The Divine Comedy? | Heavenio | 105 | |
270266530 | The expansion of territory which is represented in The Aeneid is termed? | Imperialism | 106 | |
270266531 | What was Dido's sister's name? | Anna | 107 | |
270266532 | Who was the mother of Aeneis' son? | Creusa | 108 | |
270266533 | Which is NOT a theme of The Divine Comedy? | Human preoccupation | 109 | |
270266534 | Who accompanies Dante on the first leg of the journey in the Inferno? | Virgil | 110 | |
270266535 | This pilgrim was married five times. | Wife of Bath | 111 | |
270266536 | This pilgrim was red faced with pimples and pocks. | Summoner | 112 | |
270266537 | The leopard represents which sins? | Sins of Malice and Fraud | 113 | |
270266538 | Who raised Muhammad? | Uncle | 114 | |
270266539 | How many circles make up Dante's Hell? | Nine | 115 | |
270266540 | Beatrice is the symbol of what? | Divine Love | 116 | |
270266541 | The host's name was? | Harry Bailly | 117 | |
270266542 | On what holiday does Inferno begin? | Good Friday | 118 | |
270266543 | Muhammad was married to a wealthy widow woman named what? | Khadija | 119 | |
270266544 | Which pope was Dante's enemy? | Boniface VIII | 120 | |
270266545 | How old is Dante at the beginning of Inferno? | 35 | 121 | |
270266546 | Who is in the next level up from Satan in the Inferno? | Judas | 122 | |
270266547 | Which of the current sects of Islam would be the lineage of Muhammad? | Sunni | 123 | |
270266548 | Who was the 20-year-old son of the Knight? | Squire | 124 | |
270266549 | Which number best represents the structure of The Divine Comedy? | Three | 125 | |
270266550 | Which is considered the WORST sin in Dante's Inferno? | Treachery | 126 | |
270266551 | What king was ruling during and somewhat responsible for the death of Thomas a Becket? | King Henry II | 127 | |
270266552 | Where in hell does Virgil reside? | Limbo | 128 | |
270266553 | What was the name of the city that Dido ruled? | Carthage | 129 | |
270266554 | Who are the souls who were neither for good nor evil but only for themselves? | Opportunists | 130 | |
270266555 | Which political party did Dante belong to? | White Guelphs | 131 | |
270266556 | This angel came to Muhammad and said to recite. | Gabriel | 132 | |
270266557 | Who drives the ferry that takes the damned across the first river? | Charon | 133 | |
270266558 | How many tales had Chaucer intended to produce? | 120 | 134 | |
270266559 | What real-life ruler would Dido remind the Roman (and other) readers of? | Cleopatra | 135 | |
270266560 | What is the name of the first river? | Acheron | 136 | |
270266561 | Which of the following cities is not a sacred site in Muhammadism? | Ethiopia | 137 | |
270266562 | What was Dido's dead husband's name? | Sychaeus | 138 | |
271681118 | Served as mentor to Sophocles. | Aeschylus | 139 |
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