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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Athenians as Plato Saw Them.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Greek writing can be characterized as ______________________.
(a) complicated
(b) full of symbolism
(c) flowery
(d) plain and matter of fact

3. Which Pharaoh opposed the priests?
(a) Cleopatra
(b) Ra
(c) Akhenaton
(d) Julius Caesar

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

5. One writer whose works reveal the values of the society is ______________.
(a) Salamis
(b) Marathon
(c) Plato
(d) Thucydides

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?

2. The Greeks _________________________.

3. The Greek aristocracy_______________________.

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

5. What word best describes the ancient Athenians?

(see the answer key)

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