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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 tragedian is considered to be the most modern?
(a) Euripides
(b) Sophocles
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Aeschylus

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

3. Thucydides wrote _________________________.
(a) The History of the Athenian War
(b) The History of the Peloponnesian War
(c) The History of the Trojan War
(d) The History of the Spartan War

4. Until the time of Aeschylus, poetry was concerned with _____________________________.
(a) the beauty of the world
(b) the misery of the world
(c) the reality of life
(d) pain and suffering

5. Thucydides felt that ___________________________________.
(a) wars were covered by broken treaties
(b) the desire for wealth was not a cause of war
(c) the desire for power was not a cause of war
(d) power and wealth created the desire for more power and wealth

Short Answer Questions

1. The dialogues of Plato indicate that Athenians _________________________-.

2. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?

3. The Athenian audience of Aristophanes ___________________________.

4. Before Aeschylus, Greek drama consisted of ____________________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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