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Ancient Literature Trivia Quiz

These questions deal with the ancient Greek and Roman writers. Some questions are easy, some are more difficult. Most of the choices (but not all) are actual writers from ancient Greece and Rome.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
25,513

Updated
Jan 21 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3614

Last 3 plays: Guest 5 (6/10), Guest 92 (8/10), Guest 174 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. This author is best known for writing about myths and fables Hint

Cato the Elder

Demosthenes

Aesop

Thespis

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Question 2 of 10

2. This ancient author wrote 'The Aeneid' Hint

Terence

Homer

Virgil

Plautus

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Question 3 of 10

3. This man met his fate - he was murdered - as a result of Roman politics involving Marc Antony and Augustus Caesar. Hint

Aeneas

Cicero

Eumenides

Tacitus

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Question 4 of 10

4. This author is best known for his biographical 'Lives' Hint

Pliny the Elder

Polybius

Petronius

Plutarch

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Question 5 of 10

5. This Roman author is famous for his work 'Metamorphoses' Hint

Ovid

Lucan

Catullus

Lucretius

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Question 6 of 10

6. This author is perhaps best known for his trilogy,'The Oresteia'. Hint

Gaius Lucullus

Euripides

Aeschylus

Sallust

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Question 7 of 10

7. This ancient writer was a tutor to Nero, but ended up in an unsuccessful conspiracy against him. With no way out, he took poison. Hint

Lucian

Lysias

Seneca

Quintus Ennius

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Question 8 of 10

8. This author fought alongside Brutus against Antony and Augustus Caesar Hint

Juvenal

Lucius Livius Andronicus

Horace

Callimachus

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Question 9 of 10

9. This author is perhaps best known for 'Antigone' and his writings about Oedipus. Hint

Aristophanes

Sophocles

Theocritus

Agamemnon

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Question 10 of 10

10. This author was a prominent Roman historian Hint

Thucydides

Livy

Herodotus

Menander

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This author is best known for writing about myths and fables

Answer: Aesop

Aesop's Fables. Demosthenes is best known as an orator.

2. This ancient author wrote 'The Aeneid'

Answer: Virgil

Considered one of the classics.

3. This man met his fate - he was murdered - as a result of Roman politics involving Marc Antony and Augustus Caesar.

Answer: Cicero

These boys play rough. It's not wise to make powerful enemies.

4. This author is best known for his biographical 'Lives'

Answer: Plutarch

Pliny is known for his 'Natural History'

5. This Roman author is famous for his work 'Metamorphoses'

Answer: Ovid

Easy reading

6. This author is perhaps best known for his trilogy,'The Oresteia'.

Answer: Aeschylus

Euripides is also one of the three great Greek dramatists.

7. This ancient writer was a tutor to Nero, but ended up in an unsuccessful conspiracy against him. With no way out, he took poison.

Answer: Seneca

Politics was a nasty business at times.

8. This author fought alongside Brutus against Antony and Augustus Caesar

Answer: Horace

He apparently found it better to be a writer than a soldier.

9. This author is perhaps best known for 'Antigone' and his writings about Oedipus.

Answer: Sophocles

Also one of the three great Greek dramatists. Aristophanes primarily wrote comedy and satire.

10. This author was a prominent Roman historian

Answer: Livy

Thucydides and Herodotus were historians - but they were Greek, not Roman.

Source: Author robert362

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