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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Way of the East and the Way of the West in Art.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The distinction between mind and spirit is important in the area of ___________.
(a) art
(b) law
(c) philosophy
(d) government

2. The Buddhist artist ________________________.
(a) the Buddhists have no interest in art
(b) copies, doesn't create
(c) creates what he is told to create
(d) creates from within

3. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?
(a) criticism of the king
(b) debt
(c) support of the Egyptians
(d) corruption of youth and introduction of new gods

4. The priests of ancient Egypt _____________________________.
(a) were powerless
(b) guarded their position of power as intellectuals
(c) taught the common man
(d) yielded to the power of the king

5. What word best describes the ancient Athenians?
(a) superstitious
(b) contol by priests
(c) freedom
(d) fearful

Short Answer Questions

1. The first scientists were the _________________.

2. The Greek artist was __________________________.

3. One of the differences in the society of the Greeks was the __________________.

4. In the ancient world, before the rise of Athens and the Greeks, the greatest civilization was ________________.

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

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