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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 artist conceptualizes reality in the form of _______________________.
(a) pure concepts
(b) he ignores reality
(c) there is no reality in art
(d) the symbol

2. What was important to Greek poets?
(a) symbolism
(b) ornateness
(c) imagery
(d) meter

3. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?
(a) the Bible
(b) the Hebrews
(c) the Greeks
(d) Shakespeare

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

5. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.
(a) the intellectuals
(b) the athletes of the games
(c) the common man
(d) the kind

Short Answer Questions

1. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.

2. Which Pharaoh opposed the priests?

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

4. The freedom of Athenian thought and expression led to ____________________.

5. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?

(see the answer key)

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