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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. Which of the following is not a name associated with the Athens civilization of this time?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Homer
(c) Thucydides
(d) Plato

2. Those who are primarily concerned with the spiritual become ___________.
(a) artists
(b) archaeologtists
(c) physicians
(d) scientists

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

4. Greek writing can easily ________________________________________.
(a) be translated into English
(b) be interpreted
(c) have the style and meaning lost in the translation
(d) be accomodated to the English style

5. Greek art is based on _________________________.
(a) symboliswm
(b) the orders of the priests
(c) the reality of what the artist sees
(d) abstractions of reality

Short Answer Questions

1. The literature indicates that life differed in Athens, as compared to Egypt, by which century?

2. The Egyptians believed that when a man died _____________________________________.

3. The primary interest of the ancient Egyptians was a preoccupation with _______________.

4. What did the world of the dead represent to the ancient Egyptians?

5. The Ancient Greeks of the time exhibited a ________________________.

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