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Multiple Choice Questions on Ancient European literature in English
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1. Who is considered to be the master of Greek comedy?
(A) Sophocles
(B) Aristophanes
(C) Plautus
(D) Aeschylus
2. Aeolus is a character from —
(A) The Odyssey
(B) Aeneid
(C) The Frogs
(D) Agamemnon
3. Apollo lived on the Mount of —
(A) Ida
(B) Athos
(C) Olympus
(D) Ossa
4. The story of the foundation of Rome from the ashes of Troy can be found in —
(A) The Odyssey
(B) Aeneid
(C) Oedipus Tyrannus
(D) Medea
5. The Iliad has —
(A) 12 Books
(B) 18 Books
(C) 24 Books
(D) 30 Books
6. The Nichomachean Ethics was written by —
(A) Socrates
(B) Sappho
(C) Homer
(D) Aristotle
7. Who is not a Roman philosopher among the following?
(A) Lucretius
(B) Octavian
(C) Seneca
(D) Cicero
8. The Greek philosopher who died drinking hemlock was —
(A) Aristotle
(B) Socrates
(C) Plato
(D) Horace
9. Who was the founder of the Peripatetic School of Philosophy?
(A) Aristotle
(B) Plato
(C) Socrates
(D) Sophocles
10. The banishment of poets is an issue in Plato’s —
(A) Phaedrus
(B) Symposium
(C) Phaedo
(D) The Republic
11. The Peloponnesian War ended with the victory of —
(A) Sparta
(B) Troy
(C) Sicily
(D) Ithaca
12. To appease the rage of which goddess did Agamemnon sacrifice his own daughter Iphigeneia?
(A) Athena
(B) Hera
(C) Aphrodite
(D) Artemis
13. Dionysus is not the god of —
(A) Thunder
(B) Vine, grape-harvest and vegetation
(C) Festivity and theatre
(D) Religious ecstasy and ritual madness
14. The comedy Samia was written by —
(A) Socrates
(B) Thales
(C) Menander
(D) Aristotle
15. Peripeteia and anagnorisis, according to Aristotle, respectively mean —
(A) Reversal of fortune and Discovery or Recognition
(B) Recognition and Evoking the emotion of pity and fear
(C) Missing the mark and Pride
(D) Reversal of fortune and missing the mark
16. Orlando Furioso is an epic poem by —
(A) Dante
(B) Ovid
(C) Ariosto
(D) Homer
17. Livy was the most renowned Roman —
(A) Philosopher
(B) Satirist
(C) Historian
(D) Tragedian
18. Commentarii de Bello Gallico was written by —
(A) Julius Caesar
(B) Quintus
(C) Tacitus
(D) Sallust
19. What was the Roman name for the king of gods?
(A) Artemis
(B) Atlas
(C) Hercules
(D) Jupiter
20. Geography was written by —
(A) Aristotle
(B) Strabo
(C) Plato
(D) Sappho
Among the following who was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright?
A. Boccaccio
B. Emily Zola
C. Gustave Flaubert
D. Miguel de Cervantes
Ans. D
What is the full title of Don Quixote by Cervantes?
A. The Ingenious Woman Don Quixote of La Mancha
B. The Genious Man Don Quixote of La Mancha
C. The Ingenious Man Don Quixote of La Mancha
D. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
Ans. D
Which of the following one is a classic of Western Literature and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written. Identify the work.
A. The Decameron
B. Don Quixote
C. The Rabel
D. Madam Bovary
Ans. B
