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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. What was important to Greek poets?
(a) meter
(b) imagery
(c) ornateness
(d) symbolism

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

3. Intellectual discussions took place _________________.
(a) in the schools
(b) in the forums
(c) in the temples
(d) wherever men met

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

5. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.
(a) the intellectuals
(b) the athletes of the games
(c) the common man
(d) the kind

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pindar considered to be important?

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

3. The world's first academy was in _____________________.

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

5. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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