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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. What are the terms Hamilton uses to describe the works of Sophocles?
(a) beutiful workmanship
(b) crude
(c) great intellect
(d) poetic expression

2. Who laid the foundation for the Greek democracy?
(a) Plato
(b) Socrates
(c) Solon
(d) Aristotle

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

4. Of all the Greek poets, Pindar is described as the _____________________________.
(a) easiest to read and translate
(b) easiest to read but hardest to translate
(c) average
(d) most difficult to read and translate

5. Thucydides wrote a history of the war between ______________________.
(a) Thebes and Peloponnesia
(b) Sparta and Thebes
(c) Athens and Rome
(d) Athens and Sparta

Short Answer Questions

1. Sophocles felt that honor of men was expressed by their ______________.

2. What did Sophocles feel about inner versus outer control?

3. Which of the following does not describe Pindar's writing?

4. What was important to Greek poets?

5. How many decades separated Sophocles from Aeschylus?

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