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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. Which of the following is not a name associated with the Athens civilization of this time?
(a) Plato
(b) Homer
(c) Jupiter
(d) Thucydides

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

3. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.
(a) highly ornate
(b) followed the style of the Egyptians
(c) influenced by the East
(d) a simple expression of the intellect

4. One of the differences in the society of the Greeks was the __________________.
(a) lack of caring
(b) role of reason
(c) emphasis on ignorance
(d) emphasis on fear

5. The Ancient Greeks of the time exhibited a ________________________.
(a) lack of interest in cultural and intellectual pursuits
(b) a desire for imperialism
(c) new power of the mind
(d) the same interests as other civilizations

Short Answer Questions

1. In Egypt ___________________________.

2. The freedom of Athenian thought and expression led to ____________________.

3. The literature indicates that life differed in Athens, as compared to Egypt, by which century?

4. The Greek artist was __________________________.

5. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.

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