Free The Greek Way Quiz

1)

One writer whose works reveal the values of the society is ______________. (from Chapter 6, The Athenians as Plato Saw Them)

Salamis

Marathon

Thucydides

Plato

2)

In designing a Greek building, the Greek architect takes into consideration ___________________. (from Chapter 16, The Way of the Greeks)

the building's relation to the hills and sea

the ornateness of the building itself

the outline against the sky

the setting

3)

Aristophanes is described as _____________________. (from Chapter 7, Aristophanes and the Old Comedy)

the Old Comedy of Athens

the Old Man of Athens

the Old Tragedy of Athens

The Athenian Comedian

4)

What was characteristic of Greek art? (from Chapter 6, The Athenians as Plato Saw Them)

mind stronger than spirit

spirit stronger than mind

mind and spirit have no effect on art

mind and spirit in equal balance

5)

Compared to Aristophanes _____________________. (from Chapter 7, Aristophanes and the Old Comedy)

neither is risque

both are just as risque

Gilbert is more restrained

Gilbert is bawdier

6)

Thucydides wanted his work to be ________________________. (from Chapter 9, Thucydides: The Thing That Hath Been Is That Which Shall Be)

interesting to read

useful to others

ornately written

factual without any use to others

7)

The Greeks viewed things ___________________. (from Chapter 16, The Way of the Greeks)

as separate entities

as individual entities

as extensions of themselves

as part of a whole

8)

The Greek contributions to the world included all but the following area __________________. (from Chapter 17, The Way of the Modern World)

art

science

languages

philosophy

9)

How old was Herodotus at the time of the defeat of the Persians? (from Chapter 8, Herodotus: The First Sight-Seer)

thirty-five

twenty

forty

ten

10)

By the time Aristophanes began writing, Greek drama was ________________________. (from Chapter 7, Aristophanes and the Old Comedy)

nonesixtent

gaining in popularity

past its summit

at its summit

11)

Which one of Shakespeare's tragedies comes closest to the tragedies of Aeschylus? (from Chapter 12, Aeschylus: The First Dramatist)

Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

King Lear

Macbeth

12)

Who laid the foundation for the Greek democracy? (from Chapter 9, Thucydides: The Thing That Hath Been Is That Which Shall Be)

Solon

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

13)

Hamilton compares reading Aristophanes to reading a _________________. (from Chapter 7, Aristophanes and the Old Comedy)

newspaper

comic book

romance novel

sports page

14)

Which word does not have a bad connotation to the Greeks? (from Chapter 13, Sophocles: Quintessence of the Greek)

limits

unlimited

indefinite

boundless

15)

Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________. (from Chapter 6, The Athenians as Plato Saw Them)

apathetic

stupid

dull

intellectual with vitality

16)

According to Hamilton, tragedy involves _________________________. (from Chapter 11, The Idea of Tragedy)

the suffering of the soul

torture

death

physical pain

17)

Sophocles differs from Aeschylus in that Sophocles ______________________________. (from Chapter 13, Sophocles: Quintessence of the Greek)

draws the moral for his audience

introduces humon into the situation

lets the audience draw its own conclusions

doesn't deal in morales

18)

Xenophon's book is about _______________________________. (from Chapter 10, Xenophon: The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman)

Greek society

discipline in the military

how the retreat of the Ten Thousand was successful

the defeat of the Persians

19)

To the Greek thinkers, religion was ______________________. (from Chapter 15, The Religion of the Greeks)

engorced by priests

a search for the truth

tyrannical

accepted by all as a necessary evil

20)

What was the balance achieved by the Greeks which was responsible for everything they did? (from Chapter 17, The Way of the Modern World)

intellect and religion

mind and spirit

good and bad

war and peace

21)

The war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________. (from Chapter 8, Herodotus: The First Sight-Seer)

Thermopylae

Sparta

Athens

Salamis

22)

According to Hamilton, tragedy is the domain of whom? (from Chapter 11, The Idea of Tragedy)

poets

comedy writers

any kind of writer

prose writers

23)

Thucydides felt that the lesson of the Peloponnesian War was that _____________________________________. (from Chapter 9, Thucydides: The Thing That Hath Been Is That Which Shall Be)

the power of the Spartans had to be stopped

the power of the Athenians had to be stopped

power brought about its own destruction

wealth attracted the poorer to attack

24)

The subject of Greek tragedy came from _________________________. (from Chapter 11, The Idea of Tragedy)

history

everyday life

myths

the writer's personal life

25)

The Greek acceptance of reality, as given in an oration by Pericles, makes them ___________________________. (from Chapter 6, The Athenians as Plato Saw Them)

seem cold and unemotional

exaggerated

warm

interested in humanity

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