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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. The Hindu artist ________________________.
(a) was dictated to by Hindu priests
(b) had the most freedom
(c) had limited freedom
(d) had no freedom

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

3. The poetry of Pindar is described as _________________.
(a) sing-songy
(b) full of symbolism
(c) musical
(d) full of imagery

4. Which city did Pindar live in?
(a) Thebes
(b) Athens
(c) Sparta
(d) Crete

5. What does Hamilton consider to be the greatest of all Greek poetry?
(a) odes
(b) the poetry in Greek comedy
(c) the poetry in Greek tragedy
(d) history

Short Answer Questions

1. The games and competitions were considered so important by the Greeks that __________________________________.

2. Which of the following terms does not describe Greek writing?

3. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.

4. The power of the Egyptian priests came from ____________________________.

5. The Greek artist was __________________________.

(see the answer key)

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