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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. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?
(a) the Bible
(b) Shakespeare
(c) the Hebrews
(d) the Greeks

2. After traveling, Xenophon went to live in _____________.
(a) Salamis
(b) Athens
(c) Marathon
(d) Sparta

3. The freedom of Athenian thought and expression led to ____________________.
(a) fear
(b) confusion
(c) panic
(d) the basis for science

4. Greek writing is based on __________________.
(a) imagery
(b) symbolism
(c) reality
(d) simile

5. Poetic license ________________________________________.
(a) allows the poet to write in whatever way he wants
(b) requires facts
(c) requires briefness
(d) calls for simple statements

Short Answer Questions

1. Xenophon's book is about _______________________________.

2. What was the major issue in the war with the Persians?

3. The dialogues of Plato indicate that Athenians _________________________-.

4. In Greece, the role of the priests _____________________________.

5. What does Hamilton consider to be the greatest of all Greek poetry?

(see the answer key)

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