1. The beginning of literature can be traced back c.
Peacemaker
to around 3200 BCE in what city is this? d. Pure in heart
A. Uruk in Sumer 12. A proverb is a short, pithy saying that
B. Iraq expresses a traditionally held truth or piece of
C. Egypt advice
D. North Africa a. Parable
2. What was the earliest written form by the b. Proverbs
sumerians? c. Fable
A. Stone tablets d. Sayings
B. Slabs of wood
C. Clay Tablets 13. In this period the issues of truth and morality
D. Indoor Caves are raised in argumentative, rhetorical and
3. It is a type of writing that is unmetered, follows oratorical genres
grammar rules, and is organized. a. Archaic period
A. Poetry b. Helenestic
B. Drama c. Greco-Roman
C. Epic d. Classical
D. Prose
4. Why is Enkidu unable to return to his old life 14. The subjects touched upon in Greek literature,
after sleeping with prostitute? EXCEPT one
A. He has become weaker a. Philosophy
B. The animals reject him b. Greek Gods
C. His mind awakened c. Mystery and Faith
D. All of the above d. Love and Romance
5. How were Ra and Horus related?
A. Ra was Horus’ grandaddy 15. One of the earliest Greek poets, often called the
B. Ra was Horus’ step dad “father of Greek didactic poetry”
C. Ra is Horus great-great grandfather a. Homer
D. Horus was another form of Ra b. Aeschylus
6. In Egyptian mythology who is the god of the c. Hesiod
Underworld? d. Socrates
A. Anubis
B. Seth 16. He composed (not wrote, since the poems were
C. Osiris created and transmitted orally.
D. Nepthys a. Homer
7. Who is the goddess of healing and magic? b. Aeschylus
a. Isis c. Hesiod
b. Nepthys d. Socrates
c. Ea
d. Horus 17. A type of style in which about brought about by
8. Sermon on the Mount can be found in which some flaw (a.k.a. hamartia) on the part of the hero,
book? a. In Media Res
a. John 5 b. Tragedy
b. Luke 7 c. Irony
c. Mark 2 d. Epic Hero
d. Matthew 5
18. It is a writing system in the Ancient Middle East.
9. Blessed are the___ for theirs is kingdom of a. Hieroglyphs
heaven b. Cuneiform
a. Meek c. Cuneiform
b. Merciful d. Ceuniform
c. Poor in spirit
d. Pure in heart 19. What does the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
symbolize?
10. He is also known as one who played the harp, a. Love and Sacrifice
“Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul b. The danger of Greed
a. Solomon c. Love, loss, and doubt
b. Luke d. The rewards of bravery
c. King David
d. Matthew 20. Egyptian goddess of protection, pleasure, and the
bringer of good health.
11. Blessed are the ____ : for they shall inherit the a. Sekhmet
earth b. Isis
a. Meek c. Maat
b. Merciful d. Bastet