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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Euripides: The Modern Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a play of Sophocles?
(a) Electra
(b) Oedipus Rex
(c) Libation-Bearers
(d) Oesipus at Colonus

2. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?
(a) Plato
(b) Aristotle
(c) Aristophanes
(d) Socrates

3. Thucydides wanted his work to be ________________________.
(a) useful to others
(b) factual without any use to others
(c) ornately written
(d) interesting to read

4. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.
(a) the Athenian victory over Sparta
(b) the Athenian victory over Rome
(c) the Athenian victory over the Persians
(d) the Persian victory over Athens

5. The tragedies of Aeschylus present death and suffering in a way that __________________________.
(a) brings the audience to tears
(b) does not depress the audience
(c) depresses the audience
(d) makes it comical

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the first writer to condemn slavery?

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

4. The power of the Egyptian priests came from ____________________________.

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

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