Quiz for non-English Majors in Culture ClassThis quiz is for the students from the English Language & Culture class hosted by Sun Xiaolong.* Vocabulary and Structure1. There were also famous and very smart masterminds in the history of the western world, as in the sayings like: (Key: B, Points: 2)A: Even Athena sometimes makes mistakes.B: Even Homer sometimes nod.C: Athena even sometimes make mistakes.D: Homer even sometimes nods.2. Places of the ancient Greek civilization include ___________ (Key: A, Points: 2)A: Crete, Ithaca, MycenaeB: Egypt, Greece, RomeC: Crete, Troy, EgyptD: Egypt, Troy, Asia Minor3. "_________" is the word we use today to say the world sports games held once in four years. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: OlympusB: OlympiadC: OlympianD: Olympia4. "________________" is a creative problem solving competition involving students from kindergarten through college. (Key: A, Points: 2)A: Odyssey of the MindB: Mental JourneyC: Mental WayD: Way of the Mind5. There are two morphemes in the word "Pantheon", "pan-" as also in "________" and "theo-" as also in "____________". (Key: C, Points: 2)A: pants, theoryB: Pandora, theologyC: pan-America, theologyD: pan-Pacific, thermometer6. He would have made a good pilot but his drinking habit was his _____________. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: Hector's tendonB: Achilles' tendonC: Hector's heelD: Achilles' heel7. He was ________________ by visions of power and wealth. But he finally came to realize he could never reach any power or wealth. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: attractedB: temptedC: tantalusedD: tantalized8. The newspaper was covered with reports of the meeting of the three political ________ in the world. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: powerB: titansC: gigantsD: titanics9. On the way home, Odysseus met some _______ singing beautifully. Now we still refer to a woman as a ________ when we think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: bird women, birdB: spirits, spiritC: genies, genieD: sirens, siren10. You can't imagine what a mess it was at the beginning. And the _______ state of all the affairs lasted for months actually. (Key: C, Points: 2)A: troubleB: uglyC: chaoticD: chaos11. He is a regular church-goer. He goes to the campus _________ every Sunday morning. (Key: C, Points: 2)A: cathedralB: abbeyC: chapelD: monastery12. Abrahamic religions do not include _______________________________. (Key: A, Points: 2)A: BuddhismB: JudaismC: ChristianityD: Islam13. Trinity means the unity of ________________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: Holy God, Holy Jesus, and Holy SonB: Holy Father, Holy Son, and Holy GhostC: Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Holy BabyD: Holy God, Holy Angel, Holy Baby14. The holy Bible is in two parts: the Old Testament, literally the contract between _____________; and the New Testament, literally the contract between _______________________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: God and Jesus, God and JewsB: God and Abraham, Jesus and Christian peopleC: God and Jews, Jesus and JewsD: God and Christians, Jesus and Christians15. The administrative body of the Catholic Church in Rome is ____________. (Key: A, Points: 2)A: Holy SeeB: Holy SeatC: Holy ChurchD: St. Peter's16. Which of the following words does not fit into the group? (Key: C, Points: 2)A: crossB: crusadeC: crudeD: crucify17. Which of the following is not the term to say Jesus Christ? (Key: D, Points: 2)A: God's sonB: SaviorC: MessiahD: Holy Spirit18. Canaan, the promised land of ____________________, is for Abraham's people. (Key: C, Points: 2)A: fertilityB: fish and riceC: milk and honeyD: wealth19. St. Patrick's Day is observed for St. Patrick who came first to __________ to christianize the land. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: EnglandB: BritainC: AmericaD: Ireland20. St. Augustine of Canterbury was the first ______________ of Canterbury Cathedral. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: headB: popeC: bishopD: archbishop21. Weddings, coronations, funerals of The British royal family are usually held in _______________. (Key: C, Points: 2)A: Canterbury CathedralB: any local church in LondonC: Westminster AbbeyD: Buckingham Palace22. The groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation do not include ___________________. (Key: A, Points: 2)A: Orthodox ChurchB: ProtestantsC: PuritansD: Anglican Church23. English language is closely related to ______________. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: GreekB: LatinC: ItalianD: German24. Alfred the great was the king of _____________________________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: EssuxB: WessexC: SussexD: Kent25. The last king of Wessex House was _________________. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: Edward IB: Edward IIC: Edward VIIID: Edward the confessor26. The first Norman king was _____________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: Edward the confessorB: William the conquerorC: Richard the lionheartD: Edward I27. _______________ is not in the legends of King Arthur. (Key: C, Points: 2)A: ExcalibarB: Round-table knightsC: Little John so freeD: Lord Lancelot28. Legends of Robin Hood are related to all but ________________. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: Richard the lionheartB: King JohnC: the Gay Green WoodsD: Edward the longshanks29. _______________ was the first to bear the title Prince of Wales. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: Edward IB: Edward IIC: Charles ID: Charles II30. Words like "request", "pork", "comprehend" are of ___________ origin. (Key: C, Points: 2)A: Anglo-SaxonB: DanishC: FrenchD: Greek31. Words like "sky", "ski", "skin" are from ________________ language. (Key: A, Points: 2)A: NorseB: FrenchC: Anglo-SaxonD: Latin32. Names ending with "son" as in "Robinson" to mean "_______", "by" as in "Swainby" to mean "___________", "thorpe" as in "Westthorpe" to mean "__________", are of ____________ origin. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: son of, village, farm, DanishB: son of, farm, village, DanishC: son of, farm, village, NorseD: son of, village, farm, French33. Jeffery Chaucer's language, as in Canterbury Tales, is _________________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: Old EnglishB: Middle EnglishC: Early Modern EnglishD: Later Modern English34. Shakespeare's English is also known as __________________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: Late Modern EnglishB: Elizabethan EnglishC: Middle EnglishD: Modern English35. The Golden Age in British history refers to ________________. (Key: A, Points: 2)A: Elizabethan AgeB: Jacobean AgeC: Victorian AgeD: Norman Period36. Guy Fawkes' Day has its origin in _______________. And Guy Fawkes was a _______________. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: the legends of Robin Hood, ChristianB: Gun Powder Plot, puritanC: the legends of King Arthur, protestantD: Gun Powder Plot, Catholic37. The first English settlement in America was _________________________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: PlymouthB: JamestownC: VirginiaD: Massachusetts38. The English settlement Plymouth was established by ________________. (Key: C, Points: 2)A: people of King James IB: people of King Charles IIC: Mayflower pilgrimsD: Catholics39. Which of the following is NOT from Poor Richard's Almanac? (Key: C, Points: 2)A: Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.B: No gains without pains.C: All that glitters is not gold.D: Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.40. The Star Spangled Banner is the name of ___________________. (Key: A, Points: 2)A: the American national anthemB: the American national flagC: the song popular during the American civil warD: the flag of the British army41. The purchase of Louisiana from _____________ in 1803 doubled the area of the U.S.. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: Great BritainB: CanadaC: MexicoD: France42. The 13 colonies in the New World made up what we now call New England, which include ________________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: FloridaB: New HampshireC: TexasD: California43. Middle West was acquired from France after __________________. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: the Second Revolutionary WarB: the U.S.-Mexican WarC: the U.S.-Spanish WarD: the French-Indian War44. The White House and the Capitol were ever burned down by __________________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: the French soldiers during the French Indian WarB: the British soldiers during the Second Revolutionary WarC: the South soldiers during the American Civil WarD: the Spanish soldiers during the U.S.-Spanish War45. "___________" refers to those who went to the west during the Gold Rush after the discovery of gold in 1848. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: Gold RushersB: Forty-ninersC: Gold minersD: Frontiers46. The era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States in the late 19th century is known as _______________. (Key: B, Points: 2)A: the Golden AgeB: the Gilded AgeC: the Jazz AgeD: Industrial Age47. The Jazz Age in American history is featured by all except ________________. (Key: D, Points: 2)A: Jazz MusicB: Prohibition of AlcoholC: BootleggingD: Industrial Revolution48. There were assassinations of _______________________________ in the Turmoil Sixties. (Key: A, Points: 2)A: John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King jr.B: John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King jr.C: Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King jr., Ronald ReaganD: Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan* Cloze A (with choices)Beauty, love and wisdom personified in Greek MythologyAccording Greek mythology, Athena, the goddess of _____1_____, is attended by _____2____, the bird of ______1______ as is still believed by people in the West. She is also the goddess of _____3______ and accompanied by ______4_______, the goddess of ______5________. The ancient Greeks built the Parthenon to worship her also because she is the patron of the city of______6_______. Besides Athena, there is another feminine deity, Aphrodite or _____7_____ as Romans would call her. She is the goddess of ______8_______, together with her own son (as believed by many) Cupid, god of erotic love and desire. Now we still have in English language the words _____9________ etymologically derived from the very name of Cupid, or Eros as his Greek name, or Amor as his Latin name. And Psyche, wife of Cupid, becomes the etymological source for words like ______10__________.1. - (Key: D, Points: 2)A: love and beautyB: desire and lustC: wealth and healthD: wisdom and intelligence2. - (Key: B, Points: 2)A: a robinB: an owlC: an eagleD: a crow3. - (Key: A, Points: 2)A: heroic endeavourB: war and fightC: war and discordD: dispute and discord4. - (Key: B, Points: 2)A: DiscordiaB: NikeC: MarsD: Eris5. - (Key: A, Points: 2)A: victoryB: war and discordC: failureD: heroes6. - (Key: D, Points: 2)A: ParisB: LondonC: RomeD: Athens7. - (Key: B, Points: 2)A: HelenB: VenusC: AthenaD: Juno8. - (Key: A, Points: 2)A: beauty and loveB: lust and desireC: wisdom and intelligenceD: power9. - (Key: B, Points: 2)A: "amour" and "error"B: "amour" and "erotic"C: "aim" and erotica"D: "arm" and "error"10. - (Key: A, Points: 2)A: "psychic" and "psychiatrist"B: "pseudo" and "psychology"C: "pseud" and "pseudo"D: "psyche" and "pseud"* Cloze B (without choices)Deities in Greek Mythology - Modify the PassageDirections: Choose from the list of words and expressions to fill in the blanks.OlympiansMother of all gods and goddesseswomen and marriagethe underworldlight and suntridenta lyrethe earthseas and oceansMessenger of the godsOlympusmusic, poetry and the artsIn Greek mythology, Zeus is the king of the Gods, and his wife Hera goddess of _______1_______. Poseidon rules over _______2________, with a _____3________. And Hades takes over ________4_______ as his charge. Apollo, a god of _______5_______, and also ________6________, leads Muses, with ______7_______ created by Hermes, ________8________. Gaia, ________9________, personifies ________10___________. All the _______11_________ take Mount ______12_________ as their residency.1. - (Key: women and marriage, Points: 2)2. - (Key: seas and oceans, Points: 2)3. - (Key: trident, Points: 2)4. - (Key: the underworld, Points: 2)5. - (Key: light and sun, Points: 2)6. - (Key: music, poetry and the arts, Points: 2)7. - (Key: a lyre, Points: 2)8. - (Key: Messenger of the gods, Points: 2)9. - (Key: Mother of all gods and goddesses, Points: 2)10. - (Key: the earth, Points: 2)11. - (Key: Olympians, Points: 2)12. - (Key: Olympus, Points: 2)。