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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Greek Way of Writing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hindu artist ________________________.
(a) had the most freedom
(b) was dictated to by Hindu priests
(c) had limited freedom
(d) had no freedom

2. Compared to Greek writing, English poetry is ____________________.
(a) much simpler
(b) very ornate
(c) about the same
(d) easier to interpret

3. The first games, contests and competitions were held in _____________.
(a) Greece
(b) Rome
(c) Constantinople
(d) Egypt

4. The Greeks _________________________.
(a) limited thought to certain fields
(b) applied no limits to thoughts
(c) limited intellectual thought to priests
(d) practiced mind control

5. A Greek writer was concerned with ______________________.
(a) symbolism
(b) abstract concepts
(c) ornate style
(d) the beauty of common things

Short Answer Questions

1. Greek writing can be characterized as ______________________.

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

3. Which of the following terms does not describe Greek writing?

4. Greek art is based on _________________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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