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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Religion of the Greeks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms applies to the religion of the ancient Greeks?
(a) dogma
(b) holy book
(c) Zeus
(d) theology

2. Sophocles felt that honor of men was expressed by their ______________.
(a) words
(b) way of life
(c) speech
(d) deeds

3. What did Sophocles feel about inner versus outer control?
(a) man can control outer change
(b) man has no cont rol over either
(c) outer change does not affect inner control
(d) outer change brings about inner chance

4. The subject of Greek tragedy came from _________________________.
(a) history
(b) the writer's personal life
(c) everyday life
(d) myths

5. The Athenian audience of Aristophanes ___________________________.
(a) walked out
(b) didn't understand his humor
(c) was judgmental
(d) was accepting of the subject matter

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Euripides wrote his plays how many years after Aeschylus?

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

4. What is one of the presumptions of Aristophanes' plays?

5. What happened to the captured survivors of battles?

(see the answer key)

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