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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. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.
(a) the intellectuals
(b) the athletes of the games
(c) the common man
(d) the kind

2. Who was charged with leadership in the Greek society of Pindar's time?
(a) the elected leaders
(b) royalty
(c) the aristocracy
(d) noone in particular

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

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

5. What happened to the captured survivors of battles?
(a) they were released after the war's end
(b) they were executed
(c) they became slaves
(d) they were exchanged for enemy prisoners

Short Answer Questions

1. Sophocles' characters ________________________________.

2. Which city did Pindar live in?

3. Of all the Greek poets, Pindar is described as the _____________________________.

4. Thucydides felt that ___________________________________.

5. According to Schopenhauer, what world applies to the tragedies of Sophocles?

(see the answer key)

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