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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. Greek writing can be characterized as ______________________.
(a) full of symbolism
(b) flowery
(c) plain and matter of fact
(d) complicated

2. Greek writing can easily ________________________________________.
(a) be accomodated to the English style
(b) be translated into English
(c) be interpreted
(d) have the style and meaning lost in the translation

3. Compared to Greek writing, English poetry is ____________________.
(a) very ornate
(b) easier to interpret
(c) much simpler
(d) about the same

4. Greek art is based on _________________________.
(a) abstractions of reality
(b) the orders of the priests
(c) symboliswm
(d) the reality of what the artist sees

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not describe Pindar's writing?

2. The primary interest of the ancient Egyptians was a preoccupation with _______________.

3. The Greek artist was __________________________.

4. Before the development of Athens, which group handled intellectual activities?

5. The Hindu artist ________________________.

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