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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Pindar: The Last Greek Aristocrat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which city was responsible for a new civilization?
(a) Athens
(b) Sparta
(c) Crete
(d) Rome

2. What had the most freedom as an artist?
(a) the Egyptian
(b) the Greek
(c) the Hindu
(d) the Buddhist

3. In the ancient world, before the rise of Athens and the Greeks, the greatest civilization was ________________.
(a) Egypt
(b) Rome
(c) Crete
(d) Sparta

4. What is the reason for the Egyptian preoccupation with death?
(a) good living conditions
(b) belief in God
(c) the misery of everyday life
(d) the fairness of the ruler

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Hindu artist ________________________.

2. The Buddhist artist ________________________.

3. The poetry of Pindar is described as _________________.

4. What was important to Greek poets?

5. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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