OCR Classical Civilisation Greek Religion overview quiz quiz

They were imagined in human form, with human emotions and failings, but immortal

They were invisible, formless spirits that had no bodily shape or human appearance of any kind at all

They took the form of sacred animals such as bulls, owls and serpents

They had no personalities, emotions or individual character whatsoever

The Olympians were entirely evil and cruel beings, whereas the chthonic gods were wholly good and kindly disposed towards all mortals

Olympians are the great sky gods worshipped with bright rites; chthonic gods are 'of the earth' (such as Hades) with darker rites

They are simply the same group of gods called by two interchangeable and equivalent names in different regions

Chthonic gods were mortal beings who could die, unlike the deathless and immortal Olympian sky gods above

The correct order of the stages in performing a Greek animal sacrifice

The judgement of the souls of the dead as they enter the underworld

The reciprocal relationship: 'I give so that you may give', honouring the gods in hope of favour

The detailed rules governing exactly who may and may not take part in a major civic religious festival

It was set free and released alive once the prayers had been said

It was buried whole in the ground as a complete offering to the gods

It was handed over entirely to the priests at the altar, with none of its meat shared out to anyone else

The inedible parts were burnt for the gods and the meat shared in a communal feast

To house the cult statue of the god, with worship taking place at the altar outside

To seat the whole congregation of worshippers indoors together for communal worship and prayer

To store the sacrificial animals safely until the day of the festival

To hold the regular council meetings of the city's elected magistrates

The battle of Marathon against the invading Persians

The Panathenaic procession, the city honouring Athena

The twelve labours of the hero Heracles in sequence

The judgement of Paris among the three rival goddesses

The City Dionysia

The Olympic Games

The Panathenaia

The Eleusinian Mysteries

By casting lots and reading the patterns in which they fell

By reading the answers written in ancient sacred holy books

Through prophetic dreams alone, sent directly by the god to each worshipper as they slept overnight in the sanctuary

The god spoke through his priestess the Pythia, whose responses (often ambiguous) were rendered into verse

A personal initiation and the hope of a better fate after death

A guarantee of great wealth and prosperity during this present life

Political power and high office within the government of the city

A permanent exemption from the duty of making animal sacrifices

A blissful paradise awaiting every soul without exception

A gloomy, shadowy existence as a shade in the underworld of Hades

Reincarnation, with each soul reborn into a new mortal body

Nothing at all, since the soul was thought to simply cease to exist at the moment of death

It was nothing more than an empty legal formality with no real religious meaning

It was widely believed to guarantee lasting wealth and continuing good fortune to every member of the dead person's family

The unburied dead could not rest, so burial was a sacred duty and denial of it a terrible punishment

It was a strict requirement for a man's children to be granted full citizen rights

The worship of living kings and rulers as though they were gods on earth

A great athletic festival held in honour of victorious competing sportsmen

The worship of the twelve great Olympian gods at their chief temples and open-air altars throughout the Greek world

The honouring of exceptional dead (mythical or historical) at their tombs, believed to protect the community