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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. What is the view of man?
(a) man is not helpless and controls his fate
(b) man can sometimes change his fate
(c) there is no such thing as fate
(d) man is helpless with his fate predetermined

2. Aeschylus was ______________________.
(a) a writer of mystery
(b) the first writer of tragedy
(c) the last writer of tragedy
(d) a writer of prose

3. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?
(a) Aristophanes
(b) Plato
(c) Aristotle
(d) Socrates

4. What does Hamilton consider to be the greatest of all Greek poetry?
(a) the poetry in Greek comedy
(b) the poetry in Greek tragedy
(c) odes
(d) history

5. Xenophon felt that ___________________________________.
(a) all states should seek power
(b) disputes should be settled by war
(c) diplomacy should be used to avert war
(d) states should be orientated toward war

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Aristophanes is described as _____________________.

3. What was important to Greek poets?

4. The term used to describe the Greek artist is ______________________.

5. In Greece, the role of the priests _____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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