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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. Which city was responsible for a new civilization?
(a) Athens
(b) Crete
(c) Sparta
(d) Rome

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

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

4. Who was charged with leadership in the Greek society of Pindar's time?
(a) the aristocracy
(b) royalty
(c) noone in particular
(d) the elected leaders

5. The first scientists were the _________________.
(a) Romans
(b) Egyptians
(c) Greeks
(d) Mesopotmanians

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to the Hebrew writing in the Bible, Greek writing is ______________.

2. What was characteristic of Greek art?

3. A Greek writer was concerned with ______________________.

4. The Greeks _________________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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