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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. Thucydides wanted his work to be ________________________.
(a) useful to others
(b) interesting to read
(c) factual without any use to others
(d) ornately written

2. Which of the following is not a play of Sophocles?
(a) Oedipus Rex
(b) Electra
(c) Oesipus at Colonus
(d) Libation-Bearers

3. Aeschylus felt that the cause of misery was _____________.
(a) sin
(b) power
(c) wealth
(d) prosperity

4. According to Schopenhauer, what world applies to the tragedies of Sophocles?
(a) struggle
(b) disaster
(c) acceptance
(d) fighting

5. What characterizes the tragedies of Aeschylus?
(a) bitterness
(b) passive acceptance
(c) hatred
(d) anger

Short Answer Questions

1. The war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________.

2. What was characteristic of Greek art?

3. What are the terms Hamilton uses to describe the works of Sophocles?

4. The Athenians and Spartans fought because _________________________.

5. During the war, Thucydides was _______________________.

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