Review Questions over Greek Religion.

Don't Panic.Some of these questions are rather obscure, and would only appear in the Extra Credit Section. I've tried to give the more obscure questions in red.
 

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1. According to some anthropologists,ancient hunting societies created rituals, that later were transferred to rituals of animal sacrifice, which originally were designed to:

2. Which of the following was not a component of the standard Greek animal sacrifice in its full form?

3. Rituals where the people  feasted in prosperity and acted out the establishment of a city or people would most likely be a part of:

4. Rituals dedicated the bride and groom would be associated with:

5. Rituals where the worshippers buried animals in the ground to restore its ability to produce would belong to:

5. The lead tablet in your packet is an example of:

6. Rituals where the people pretend the dead are running  around and the gods have left usually belong to:

7. Funerals, on the other hand, belong to:

8. Rituals where a worshipper or priest falls into a trance and seem possessed by the god belong to:

9. Rituals where one slept in a temple and the God came and told you how to be healed belong to:

10. Rituals held in secret places at night where you learned secrets about the gods which gave you a special relationship with them, secrets you were not supposed to repeat, belong  mainly to:

11. The Rural Festival of Dionysos belongs to:

12. The festival at Brauron, where young girls ‘played the bear’ for Artemis, belongs to which of these categories?

13. The festival of the Choes, where people sat and drank alone, in silence, is much like:

14. The Eleusinian Mysteries belong to which two of these categories? (There are two correct answers!)

15. Apollo and his son Aesclepius is  especially associated with which of these categories?

16. Hades and Hecate (taken together) are associated with which of these categories?

17. Hera, Artemis and even Hermes all share functions  which one of these categories?

18. Orpheus is especially associated with what category?

19. The sacred marriage and its reenactment is especially important in which of these categories?

20. At the oracle of Amphiaraus, the god spoke to the worshipper primarily through:

21. In ancient Greece, was there a strong separation between religion and government?

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