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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. Athens, which was a society based on freedom and liberty, was, by the time of Thucydides, known as the ________________.
(a) City of Freedom
(b) Mighty City
(c) Tyrant City
(d) City of Love

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.

2. The Athenians and Spartans fought because _________________________.

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

4. Thucydides wrote a history of the war between ______________________.

5. As a result of the Peloponnesian War, _______________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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