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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Pindar: The Last Greek Aristocrat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city was responsible for a new civilization?
(a) Sparta
(b) Rome
(c) Crete
(d) Athens

2. What does Hamilton consider to be the greatest of all Greek poetry?
(a) odes
(b) the poetry in Greek tragedy
(c) the poetry in Greek comedy
(d) history

3. The term used to describe the Greek artist is ______________________.
(a) spiritual materialists
(b) abstractionist
(c) realist
(d) symbolist

4. The Greeks classified Pindar in the ________________________.
(a) austere school of writing
(b) ornate school of writing
(c) aristocratic school of writing
(d) simple school of writing

5. Greek writing can easily ________________________________________.
(a) be interpreted
(b) have the style and meaning lost in the translation
(c) be accomodated to the English style
(d) be translated into English

Short Answer Questions

1. The primary interest of the ancient Egyptians was a preoccupation with _______________.

2. Of all the Greek poets, Pindar is described as the _____________________________.

3. The literature indicates that life differed in Athens, as compared to Egypt, by which century?

4. The first scientists were the _________________.

5. Which city did Pindar live in?

(see the answer key)

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