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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Xenophon: The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the differences in the society of the Greeks was the __________________.
(a) emphasis on ignorance
(b) role of reason
(c) lack of caring
(d) emphasis on fear

2. Who, among the following, was a teacher?
(a) Aristophanes
(b) Aeschylus
(c) Plato
(d) Sophocles

3. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?
(a) criticism of the king
(b) support of the Egyptians
(c) debt
(d) corruption of youth and introduction of new gods

4. Herodotus is known as ______________.
(a) the father of tragedy
(b) the father of travel
(c) the father of comedy
(d) the father of history

5. What was characteristic of Greek art?
(a) mind stronger than spirit
(b) mind and spirit have no effect on art
(c) mind and spirit in equal balance
(d) spirit stronger than mind

Short Answer Questions

1. The world's first academy was in _____________________.

2. Opposition to slavery was open and evident in the time of ______________.

3. Which of the following names is not considered to be one of the imponderables?

4. One way to learn the values of a society is to look at ______________________.

5. Who was the first writer to condemn slavery?

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