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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. The poetry of Pindar is described as _________________.
(a) full of imagery
(b) musical
(c) full of symbolism
(d) sing-songy

2. The Athenians and Spartans fought because _________________________.
(a) both were weak
(b) Sparta was weaker than Athens
(c) Athens was weaker than Sparta
(d) both were powerful

3. Why is Pindar considered to be important?
(a) he represented the youth
(b) he represented a new movement
(c) he addressed serious issues
(d) he was the last spokesman for the aristocracy

4. Which city did Pindar live in?
(a) Crete
(b) Sparta
(c) Thebes
(d) Athens

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does not have a bad connotation to the Greeks?

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

3. Which of the following is not a play of Sophocles?

4. During the war, Thucydides was _______________________.

5. What happened to the captured survivors of battles?

(see the answer key)

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