Study Guide for The Odyssey and Classic Greece

Study Guide for Test on The Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, Antigone and Classic Greece History

1.       What is the story of Oedipus Rex?

 

 

2.       What are the basic points of Greek Tragedy?

 

 

3.       Who wrote Oedipus Rex and Antigone? Tell some details of his life.

 

 

 

4.       What is a theme in Oedipus Rex?

 

 

5.       Name the main characters of the play

 

 

6.       What is the story of The Odyssey?

 

 

7.       Know the following main characters:

 

a.       Odysseus

b.      Telemachus

c.       Eurylochus

d.      Penelope

e.      Antinous

f.        Calypso

g.       Charybdis

h.      Scylla

i.         Circe

j.        Athena

k.       Polyphemus

 

8.       What does in medias res mean? What is the importance of the term for The Odyssey?

 

 

9.       Name a theme of The Odyssey.

10.   Write out a basic story line of The Odyssey.

 

11.   What are some symbols in The Odyssey?

 

 

12.   What was your favorite part of The Odyssey?

 

 

13.   Describe the two Persian Wars against Greece and the major battles.

 

 

 

14.   Describe the Greek Peloponnesian War.

 

 

15.   Why was the plague of Athens so devastating?

 

16.   Describe the major characteristics of the Athenian society, esp. their government.

 

 

17.   Describe the major characteristics of the Spartan society, esp. their government.

 

 

18.   What were some of the causes for the downfall of Ancient Athens?

 

19.   Why was Greece easily conquered by the Macedonians?

 

 

20.   Who was Pericles? What did he do for Athens?

**Review the study for Antigone, too!!!