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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Sophocles: Quintessence of the Greek.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sophocles' characters ________________________________.
(a) avoid their fate
(b) look for a way out
(c) endure their fate because there is no way out
(d) fight their fate

3. Thucydides felt that the lesson of the Peloponnesian War was that _____________________________________.
(a) the power of the Athenians had to be stopped
(b) wealth attracted the poorer to attack
(c) power brought about its own destruction
(d) the power of the Spartans had to be stopped

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

5. The Greek aristocracy_______________________.
(a) had its own standard to live by
(b) were not honorable men
(c) lived by the same standards as others
(d) were liars and cheaters

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms would not represent the views of Sophocles?

2. The poetry of Pindar is described as _________________.

3. Thucydides feels that the Athenians lost the war because they were ________________.

4. Athens, which was a society based on freedom and liberty, was, by the time of Thucydides, known as the ________________.

5. Sophocles differs from Aeschylus in that Sophocles ______________________________.

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