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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Herodotus: The First Sight-Seer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Greeks _________________________.
(a) practiced mind control
(b) applied no limits to thoughts
(c) limited thought to certain fields
(d) limited intellectual thought to priests

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

3. The Greeks had different rules of standards that applied to different people. This is evidence of their ________________.
(a) rules
(b) laws
(c) values
(d) hypocrisy

4. In Egypt ___________________________.
(a) the artist had some freedom of expression
(b) the priests dictated the pattern for art
(c) there was no interest in art
(d) the artist had total freedom of expression

5. Those who are primarily concerned with the spiritual become ___________.
(a) physicians
(b) archaeologtists
(c) artists
(d) scientists

Short Answer Questions

1. Poetic license ________________________________________.

2. The Greek aristocracy_______________________.

3. Compared to Greek writing, English poetry is ____________________.

4. According to Pericles, _________________________.

5. The priests of ancient Egypt _____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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