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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Herodotus: The First Sight-Seer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Opposition to slavery was open and evident in the time of ______________.
(a) Aristotle
(b) Socrates
(c) Euripides
(d) Plato

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

3. The Greek aristocracy_______________________.
(a) had its own standard to live by
(b) lived by the same standards as others
(c) were not honorable men
(d) were liars and cheaters

4. The world's first academy was in _____________________.
(a) Crete
(b) Sparta
(c) Athens
(d) Rome

5. Which city did Pindar live in?
(a) Athens
(b) Sparta
(c) Crete
(d) Thebes

Short Answer Questions

1. To Pindar, the Greek aristocracy represented ___________________________.

2. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

3. What is the reason for the Egyptian preoccupation with death?

4. Of all the Greek poets, Pindar is described as the _____________________________.

5. Which of the following does not describe Pindar's writing?

(see the answer key)

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