View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first games, contests and competitions were held in _____________.
(a) Greece
(b) Egypt
(c) Rome
(d) Constantinople

2. Herodotus is classified as a writer of ____________________.
(a) tragedy
(b) comedy
(c) religion
(d) history of the fight with Persia

3. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.
(a) very different from the styles of English writing
(b) more ornate than English writing
(c) the same as English writing
(d) incapable of being translated into English

4. Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________.
(a) apathetic
(b) intellectual with vitality
(c) stupid
(d) dull

5. Compared to the Hebrew writing in the Bible, Greek writing is ______________.
(a) shorter
(b) about the same
(c) no comparison
(d) longer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Greek writing is based on __________________.

3. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.

4. What was characteristic of Greek art?

5. Herodotus was the first Greek _______________________________.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 199 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample