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

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

3. Of all the Greek poets, Pindar is described as the _____________________________.
(a) easiest to read and translate
(b) most difficult to read and translate
(c) easiest to read but hardest to translate
(d) average

4. Hamilton compares reading Aristophanes to reading a _________________.
(a) romance novel
(b) sports page
(c) comic book
(d) newspaper

5. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?
(a) the Hebrews
(b) Shakespeare
(c) the Greeks
(d) the Bible

Short Answer Questions

1. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.

2. The Athenian audience of Aristophanes ___________________________.

3. The games and competitions were considered so important by the Greeks that __________________________________.

4. In Egypt ___________________________.

5. Which Pharaoh opposed the priests?

(see the answer key)

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