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

2. Athens, which was a society based on freedom and liberty, was, by the time of Thucydides, known as the ________________.
(a) City of Freedom
(b) Tyrant City
(c) City of Love
(d) Mighty City

3. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.
(a) very different from the styles of English writing
(b) more ornate than English writing
(c) incapable of being translated into English
(d) the same as English writing

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

5. One of the differences in the society of the Greeks was the __________________.
(a) emphasis on fear
(b) emphasis on ignorance
(c) role of reason
(d) lack of caring

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The priests of ancient Egypt _____________________________.

3. Those who are primarily concerned with the spiritual become ___________.

4. What is the reason for the Egyptian preoccupation with death?

5. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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