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____1. A wise advisor could be referred to as:
a. oedipal b. mentor c. quorum d. in vivo.

____2. Which of the following describes a person's guarantee against being held in prison indefinitely? a. quid pro quo b. habeas corpus c. in vivo d. sine qua non.

____3. A person who goes through a lot of changes might be compared to:
a. Procrustes b. Proteus c. Croesus d. Oedipus.

____4. Being an adonis means having:
a. godlike good looks b. a loud voice c. swift feet d. a green thumb.

____5. "Philippic" is synonymous with:
a. warm praise b. bitter denunciation c. a large tomb d. painful difficulty.

____6. The river Styx gave us an adjective, stygian, that means:
a. scary b. lethal c. forgetful d. gloomy.

____7. A problem that persists or becomes more complicated might be called:
a. a hydra b. a nemesis c. a halcyon d. an Achilles' heel.

____8. A "spartan" room would be:
a. lacking decorations b. full of weapons c. ornamented d. pretentious.

____9. The Greek lawgiver known for his severity was:
a. Midas b. Solon c. Mentor d. Draco

____10. An aegis is associated with:
a. revenge b. bliss c. protection d. wealth.

____11. A persona non grata is:
a. unlucky b. unwashed c. quarrelsome d. unwelcome

____12. Someone who is rejected from the group might be described as:
a. ostracized b. cynical c. philippic d. laconic.

____13. A mistake in grammar is a:
a. sword of Damocles b. sophistry c. solecism d. cynicism.

____14. Mr. Hyde is the _______________ of Dr. Jekyll.
a. et ego b. per capita c. alter ego d. de facto.

____15. Which of the following describes a person's guarantee against being held in prison indefinitely?
a. modus operandi b. habeas corpus c. in hoc signo d. ne plus ultra.

____16. The word "titanic" refers especially to:
a. a ship b. large size c. dangerousness d. big muscles.

____17. An "Arcadian" setting would most likely be:
a. in the country b. in the city c. in a foreign land d. in Greece.

____18. The halcyon, or kingfisher, is associated with:
a. frost b. calm c. roofs d. commerce.

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_____________ -- "prick, sharp"; sharp to taste or smell
_____________ -- "across" + "step"; acts in violation of a law, sins
_____________ -- "back, again" + "fill"; fill or make complete again
_____________ -- "before" + "shut"; prevent
_____________ -- "through" + "look;" easy to understand
_____________ -- "in" + "fold"; shown to be a party to
_____________ -- "water"; living in water
_____________ -- "before" + "stretch"; a false claim
_____________ -- "in" + "lie"; in office
_____________ -- "with" + "stick"; logically connected and intelligible
_____________ -- "not" + "order"; excessive
_____________ -- "all" + "power"; having infinite power
_____________ -- "not" + "out" + "speak"; indescribable
_____________ -- "not" + "false"; incapable of erring
_____________ -- "with" + "change"; to make less severe
_____________ -- "down" + "fall"; decaying, especially in morals
_____________ -- "in" + "flow"; a pouring in from outside
_____________ -- "toward, facing" + "hard, to last"; unyielding
_____________ -- "in different directions" +" drive"; scatter
_____________ -- "forward" + "put"; an advocate