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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. Intellectual discussions took place _________________.
(a) wherever men met
(b) in the forums
(c) in the temples
(d) in the schools

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

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

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

5. Which of the following names is not considered to be one of the imponderables?
(a) Marathon
(b) Thermopylae
(c) Pliny
(d) Salamis

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to the Hebrew writing in the Bible, Greek writing is ______________.

2. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?

3. Compared to Greek writing, English poetry is ____________________.

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

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

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