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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 Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.
(a) a simple expression of the intellect
(b) highly ornate
(c) influenced by the East
(d) followed the style of the Egyptians

2. The spiritual side of the ancient Greeks is _______________________________.
(a) montheistic
(b) represented by the gods and goddesses they believed in
(c) not important in the life of the ancient Greeks
(d) nonexistant

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

4. In Egypt ___________________________.
(a) the artist had some freedom of expression
(b) the artist had total freedom of expression
(c) there was no interest in art
(d) the priests dictated the pattern for art

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greek artist was __________________________.

2. Which of the following is not a name associated with the Athens civilization of this time?

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

4. Compared to Greek writing, English poetry is ____________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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