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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Pharaoh opposed the priests?
(a) Akhenaton
(b) Cleopatra
(c) Julius Caesar
(d) Ra

2. The war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________.
(a) Athens
(b) Thermopylae
(c) Sparta
(d) Salamis

3. The power of the Egyptian priests came from ____________________________.
(a) the people
(b) the ingorance and fear of others
(c) their ability to teach
(d) their power over the king

4. Pindar believed that the wealthy and powerful would _____________________________.
(a) abuse the power
(b) use their power to help others
(c) use their power to improve their own position
(d) ignore their responsibilities

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

6. According to Pericles, _________________________.
(a) words are to be used sparingly
(b) the longer a passage is, the better it is
(c) repetition is good
(d) writing should be ornate

7. To Pindar, the Greek aristocracy represented ___________________________.
(a) moral corruption
(b) physical and spiritual perfection
(c) a lack of the spiritual
(d) physical slovenliness

8. The Greek artist was __________________________.
(a) not creative
(b) unlimited
(c) limited by his mind and what he saw
(d) dictated to by the priests

9. The first games, contests and competitions were held in _____________.
(a) Greece
(b) Constantinople
(c) Rome
(d) Egypt

10. The literature indicates that life differed in Athens, as compared to Egypt, by which century?
(a) fifth
(b) fourth
(c) third
(d) second

11. The world's first academy was in _____________________.
(a) Crete
(b) Athens
(c) Sparta
(d) Rome

12. The games and competitions were considered so important by the Greeks that __________________________________.
(a) they were only held when the king wanted them
(b) they were cancelled for lack of participation
(c) a truce of God was called at the start of the games
(d) they were suspended during wars and conflicts

13. How many actors were in a play written by Aristophanes?
(a) three
(b) six
(c) four
(d) as many as needed

14. Compared to Aristophanes _____________________.
(a) Gilbert is bawdier
(b) Gilbert is more restrained
(c) both are just as risque
(d) neither is risque

15. Hamilton compares reading Aristophanes to reading a _________________.
(a) romance novel
(b) sports page
(c) newspaper
(d) comic book

Short Answer Questions

1. In Greece, the role of the priests _____________________________.

2. The Greek aristocracy_______________________.

3. Who was charged with leadership in the Greek society of Pindar's time?

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

5. What does Hamilton consider to be the greatest of all Greek poetry?

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