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

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

3. Intellectual discussions took place _________________.
(a) in the schools
(b) in the forums
(c) in the temples
(d) wherever men met

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

5. Poetic license ________________________________________.
(a) allows the poet to write in whatever way he wants
(b) calls for simple statements
(c) requires briefness
(d) requires facts

Short Answer Questions

1. Hamilton feels there is a great deal of similarity between Aristophanes and the comedy of ______________________.

2. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.

3. Greek art is based on _________________________.

4. The Athenian audience of Aristophanes ___________________________.

5. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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