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Ovid was banished from Rome for... |
| | A) | writing graffiti. |
| | B) | undermining the official Roman image. |
| | C) | undermining the temple's authority. |
| | D) | changing peoples beliefs. |
| | E) | writing psalms. |
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Ovid was known for the complexity and sophistry of his work, but NOT for... |
| | A) | elegance of language. |
| | B) | lecherous characters. |
| | C) | cynical depictions of the gods. |
| | D) | indifference to the human condition. |
| | E) | comedy. |
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Ovid's patron and perhaps target for satire was... |
| | A) | Herodotus. |
| | B) | Plato. |
| | C) | Caesar Augustus. |
| | D) | Helen of Troy. |
| | E) | Hercules. |
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A translation of the theme of Metamorphoses is... |
| | A) | natural world in chaos. |
| | B) | disorder changed into order. |
| | C) | changing bodies. |
| | D) | changing cosmos. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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One of the dominant features of the narrative form is... |
| | A) | a link that allows one tale to flow into another. |
| | B) | a link between Trojans and Egyptians. |
| | C) | a ritual link with India. |
| | D) | a narrative allusion and elliptical reference. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In Ovid's universe, the atoms... |
| | A) | celebrate life. |
| | B) | are static. |
| | C) | are precocious. |
| | D) | war with each other. |
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In structuring the universe, Ovid... |
| | A) | decrees a separate place for each. |
| | B) | marks out boundaries. |
| | C) | segregates the Gods. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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In his concept of universal order, Ovid parallels Rome's emphasis on... |
| | A) | racial bias. |
| | B) | walls and boundaries. |
| | C) | molecular theory. |
| | D) | supernatural elements. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In addition to wanting to enhance his own reputation, Caesar Augustus wanted to revive ancient Greek and Roman rites to... |
| | A) | add supernatural magical precedents to this legal system. |
| | B) | add dignity to Roman life. |
| | C) | add Greek Heroic models to the Gladiator Hero role model. |
| | D) | add familial bonding such as in Oedipus Rex. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In "downsizing" Greek myths into Roman myths, they are... |
| | A) | brought into the realm of the fairies and nymphs of forest magic. |
| | B) | made shorter in narrative length. |
| | C) | creating Heroes and Monsters of average human size (not over 6 feet tall). |
| | D) | accommodating free verse. |
| | E) | bringing them to the realm of ordinary experience. |
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In the myth of Echo, she was punished for... |
| | A) | chattering too much. |
| | B) | distracting Juno. |
| | C) | trying to cover up Jove's dalliances with nymphs. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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In the myth of Narcissus, he was punished for... |
| | A) | rejecting the love of all suitors for his favor. |
| | B) | total self-absorption. |
| | C) | self-love. |
| | D) | being unresponsive to anyone but himself. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Echo is punished by... |
| | A) | Juno. |
| | B) | Jove. |
| | C) | Artemis. |
| | D) | Apollo. |
| | E) | Dionysus. |
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Narcissus dissolves into the pool of his own reflection, becoming... |
| | A) | a fish. |
| | B) | a flower. |
| | C) | a rainbow. |
| | D) | a dolphin. |
| | E) | a constellation. |
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In listing the Ages of Man, Ovid compares contemporary Rome to... |
| | A) | the Age of Silver. |
| | B) | the Age of the War Machine. |
| | C) | the Age of Iron. |
| | D) | the Age of Philosophy. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In depicting the Roman's anxiety of the need to choose between the terror of anarchy and the equally frightening threat of the law, Ovid felt Romans... |
| | A) | were more frightened by disorder. |
| | B) | were more frightened by anarchy. |
| | C) | were more frightened by lack of boundaries. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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Which one of the following was NOT among the nightmare qualities of Ovid's world? |
| | A) | Follies. |
| | B) | Lust. |
| | C) | Revenge. |
| | D) | Vice. |
| | E) | Escape. |
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So many of the human characters end up "immobilized" because... |
| | A) | of God-driven, uncontrollable urges. |
| | B) | that is the threshold of the Elysian Fields. |
| | C) | of the static nature of the real universe. |
| | D) | of contact with Medusa. |
| | E) | they begged the Gods to release them from the law of reincarnation. |
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What did Perseus use to immobilize his enemies? |
| | A) | A spell of invisibility. |
| | B) | The Head of the Gorgon. |
| | C) | The Head of the Kraken. |
| | D) | Apollo's Shield. |
| | E) | Athene's Shield. |
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Perseus saves _____________, and they both eventually become constellations. |
| | A) | Circe |
| | B) | Andromeda |
| | C) | Pandora |
| | D) | Daphne |
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When Apollo pursues Daphne, she begs to be saved from being defiled and is turned into a... |
| | A) | nymph. |
| | B) | laurel tree. |
| | C) | grape vine. |
| | D) | spider. |
| | E) | white cow. |
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Orpheus descends into the Underworld to... |
| | A) | save his wife. |
| | B) | abduct Persephone. |
| | C) | plea for his father's life. |
| | D) | achieve immortality. |
| | E) | woo Circe. |
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Orpheus pleads his case to the God and Goddess of the Underworld by... |
| | A) | singing a song. |
| | B) | appealing to the love between them. |
| | C) | causing them to weep. |
| | D) | referring to untimely death. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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At the last minute, Orpheus fails to achieve his quest because... |
| | A) | his mother curses him for negligence. |
| | B) | his guide deserts him. |
| | C) | Hades changes his mind. |
| | D) | he looks back. |
| | E) | he stops singing. |
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Orpheus dies as a consequence of... |
| | A) | a band of maenads attack him. |
| | B) | being torn apart. |
| | C) | an act of sparagmos. |
| | D) | rejecting women. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In another instance of the "immobilizing" fate that awaits humans when they deal with the Gods, after Orpheus dies Apollo... |
| | A) | turns him into the Rocks of Gibraltar. |
| | B) | turns him into an Oak tree. |
| | C) | restores his body. |
| | D) | freezes his head. |
| | E) | makes his body into a vast island. |
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After his return from the Underworld, __________ would spring up in Orpheus' footsteps. |
| | A) | grape vines |
| | B) | trees |
| | C) | flowers |
| | D) | springs of milk and wine |
| | E) | Bacchantes |
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Ovid was worried that if Rome fell... |
| | A) | he would die. |
| | B) | he might have to revert to Christianity. |
| | C) | he would have to return to farming. |
| | D) | his fame would not be secure. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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