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Quiz about Ancient Literature
Quiz about Ancient Literature

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.
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Author
robert362
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
25,513
Updated
Jan 21 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
3539
Last 3 plays: Guest 80 (10/10), Guest 152 (7/10), Guest 130 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. This author is best known for writing about myths and fables Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This ancient author wrote 'The Aeneid' Hint


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


Question 4 of 10
4. This author is best known for his biographical 'Lives' Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This Roman author is famous for his work 'Metamorphoses' Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This author is perhaps best known for his trilogy,'The Oresteia'. Hint


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


Question 8 of 10
8. This author fought alongside Brutus against Antony and Augustus Caesar Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This author is perhaps best known for 'Antigone' and his writings about Oedipus. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This author was a prominent Roman historian Hint



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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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