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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Way of the Modern World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the war, Thucydides was _______________________.
(a) a Spartan general
(b) a businessman
(c) a diplomat
(d) an Athenian general

2. Before the development of Athens, which group handled intellectual activities?
(a) royalty
(b) the common man
(c) the priests
(d) anyone who wanted to

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

4. What was the balance achieved by the Greeks which was responsible for everything they did?
(a) good and bad
(b) mind and spirit
(c) war and peace
(d) intellect and religion

5. Thucydides felt that ___________________________________.
(a) the desire for power was not a cause of war
(b) the desire for wealth was not a cause of war
(c) wars were covered by broken treaties
(d) power and wealth created the desire for more power and wealth

Short Answer Questions

1. How many decades separated Sophocles from Aeschylus?

2. According to Pericles, _________________________.

3. The artist conceptualizes reality in the form of _______________________.

4. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?

5. Sophocles felt that honor of men was expressed by their ______________.

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