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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Way of the East and the Way of the West in Art.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The priests of ancient Egypt _____________________________.
(a) taught the common man
(b) were powerless
(c) yielded to the power of the king
(d) guarded their position of power as intellectuals

2. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.
(a) influenced by the East
(b) a simple expression of the intellect
(c) highly ornate
(d) followed the style of the Egyptians

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

4. The Hindu artist ________________________.
(a) was dictated to by Hindu priests
(b) had the most freedom
(c) had no freedom
(d) had limited freedom

5. One of the differences in the society of the Greeks was the __________________.
(a) emphasis on fear
(b) emphasis on ignorance
(c) role of reason
(d) lack of caring

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for the Egyptian preoccupation with death?

2. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?

3. The spiritual side of the ancient Greeks is _______________________________.

4. What word best describes the ancient Athenians?

5. What did the world of the dead represent to the ancient Egyptians?

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