( 35 )In the heroic age, poets became singers of tales
who performed long poems about the fates of warriors
and kings. One need only study Homer’s Iliad and
Odyssey, which are recorded examples of the epic
poetry that was sung in the heroic age, to understand
( 40 )the influence that the upper class had on the poet’s
performance. Thus, the poetry of the heroic age can no
longer be called a folk poetry. Nor was the poetry of
the heroic age nameless, and in this period it lost much
of its religious character.
- Which of the following best tells what this passage is about?
(A) how the role of early Greek poetry changed
(B) how Greek communities became separated into classes
(C) the superiority of early Greek poetry
(D) the origin of the Iliad and the Odyssey
(E) why little is known about early Greek poets
- The earliest Greek poems were probably written in order to
(F) bring fame to kings.
(G) bring fame to poets.
(H) express commonly held beliefs.
(J) celebrate the lives of warriors.
(K) tell leaders how they should behave.
- The term “folk poetry” (line 42) refers to poetry whose contents depict mainly
(A) the adventures of warriors.
(B) the viewpoint of a ruling class.
(C) the problems of a new lower class.
(D) the concerns of a whole culture.
(E) the fates of heroes.
- Which of the following did poetry of the heroic age primarily celebrate?
