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

2. What had the most freedom as an artist?
(a) the Greek
(b) the Hindu
(c) the Buddhist
(d) the Egyptian

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

4. What is one of the presumptions of Aristophanes' plays?
(a) the audience is aware of the current thought and literature
(b) the audience must be educated
(c) the audience will not understand his points without the chorus
(d) the audience is ignorant of literature

5. How many actors were in a play written by Aristophanes?
(a) three
(b) as many as needed
(c) six
(d) four

Short Answer Questions

1. Hamilton compares reading Aristophanes to reading a _________________.

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

3. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

4. Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________.

5. Compared to Aristophanes _____________________.

(see the answer key)

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