CLAS / PHIL 2610 Paganism to Christianity

Preparation for Midterm, Tuesday March 5, 2002

(Bring Blue Book or Paper)

The midterm will consist of three parts: identifications, multiple choice, essays.

Identifications

The identifications will be taken only from the list offered below. There will be four questions taken from this list of twelve. You should be prepared to give three or four sentences (or bullet points) which include all important information: names, dates, places, major trends etc... The more information you can give, the more likely you are to get full credit.

Zeus (Lect. 2)	Lupercalia
Chthonic Gods (Lect. 3)	Augury (Lect. 8)
Panathenaia (Lect. 4)	Cybele / Magna Mater (Lect. 9)
Eleusinian Mysteries (Lect. 5)	Stoicism (Lect. 10)
Parilia (Lect. 6)	Isis (Lect. 11)
Four Most Distinguished Colleges (Lect. 7)	Apotheosis (Lect. 12)

Multiple Choice

These questions will be on factual information taken from either the lecture guides. You might wish to consult your textbooks to help you firm up your knowledge of what has been covered. Some examples of questions on previous tests include:

_____ Sacrifice came in a variety of forms, including ritual slaughter, holocaust, incense-burning and the outpouring of liquids, especially wine. This last is called:

A. Liberation B. Libination C. Libidation D. Libation

_____ The Romans had a quasi-juridical relationship with their gods. They believed that they had to maintain a treaty with the Gods called the _______:

A. Pax Romana B. Pactum Vestitum C. Pax Deorum D. Natura Deorum

_____ True or False: Roman religion was generally unconcerned with morality provided ritual prescriptions were maintained:

A. True B. False

_____ The Roman festival _______ for purifying sheepfolds eventually survived as a celebratoin of Rome’s birthday:

A. Parilia B. Portenta C. Panathenaia D. Parturia

_____ Though the Bacchic cult had entered Italy in the 3rd Century BC, the Romans first suppressed it violently in:

A. 204 BC B. 186 BC C. 146 BC D. 133 BC

Essays

The essays will cover material we read for our discussions on Thursdays. The questions will be formulated based on the reading guides that I have distributed in class (Reading Guides 1-7). I will offer a choice of four essay topics so you should prepare at least three topics to guarantee you will get a question you can handle.