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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Aeschylus: The First Dramatist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is one of the two periods of tragedy in literary history?
(a) the Rome of Julius Caesar
(b) the England of Henry V
(c) the Constantinople of the Ottomans
(d) the Athens of Pericles

2. What was not a function of the chorus?
(a) to sing
(b) to present the author's views and opinions
(c) to answer questions from the audience
(d) to dance

3. Greek writing can be characterized as ______________________.
(a) plain and matter of fact
(b) full of symbolism
(c) flowery
(d) complicated

4. As a young man, Xenophon was ________________________.
(a) exiled from Sparta
(b) sent to study with Socrates
(c) sent to work in Athens
(d) sent to Athens to find a wife

5. What was important to Greek poets?
(a) ornateness
(b) imagery
(c) symbolism
(d) meter

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Reality to the ancient Egyptian, was directed toward _____________________.

3. Compared to Aristophanes _____________________.

4. What was the major issue in the war with the Persians?

5. Herodotus was the first Greek _______________________________.

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