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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aeschylus was ______________________.
(a) a writer of prose
(b) the first writer of tragedy
(c) the last writer of tragedy
(d) a writer of mystery

2. Thucydides wrote _________________________.
(a) The History of the Trojan War
(b) The History of the Spartan War
(c) The History of the Peloponnesian War
(d) The History of the Athenian War

3. Which of the following is not a name associated with Greek tragedy?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Aeschylus
(c) Euripides
(d) Sophocles

4. Sophocles differs from Aeschylus in that Sophocles ______________________________.
(a) doesn't deal in morales
(b) draws the moral for his audience
(c) introduces humon into the situation
(d) lets the audience draw its own conclusions

5. According to Schopenhauer, what world applies to the tragedies of Sophocles?
(a) fighting
(b) struggle
(c) acceptance
(d) disaster

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hamilton, tragedy involves _________________________.

2. Which role did Aeschylus not fulfill?

3. What did the Greeks view as important in men?

4. Aeschylus had been ________________________-.

5. How many decades separated Sophocles from Aeschylus?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Sophocles differ from Aeschylus?

2. What is a characteristic of the characters of Aeschylus?

3. How did Euripides treat religion?

4. IN what way does Xenophon provide a different view of Athens than Thucydides did?

5. How does Sophocles feel about fate?

6. What are the similarities between Macbeth and the tragedies of Aeschylus?

7. What were Thucydides' views on power and wealth?

8. Who are the four great tragedy writers?

9. Why did Euripides write Trojan Women?

10. What are the characteristics of Greek tragedy?

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