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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 games and competitions were considered so important by the Greeks that __________________________________.
(a) a truce of God was called at the start of the games
(b) they were only held when the king wanted them
(c) they were suspended during wars and conflicts
(d) they were cancelled for lack of participation

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

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

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

5. The Greek artist was __________________________.
(a) limited by his mind and what he saw
(b) dictated to by the priests
(c) unlimited
(d) not creative

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?

2. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?

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

4. The distinction between mind and spirit is important in the area of ___________.

5. Poetic license ________________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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