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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 Greeks _________________________.
(a) practiced mind control
(b) limited intellectual thought to priests
(c) limited thought to certain fields
(d) applied no limits to thoughts

2. Greek writing can easily ________________________________________.
(a) be interpreted
(b) have the style and meaning lost in the translation
(c) be accomodated to the English style
(d) be translated into English

3. Who, among the following, was a teacher?
(a) Sophocles
(b) Aeschylus
(c) Aristophanes
(d) Plato

4. Aristophanes is described as _____________________.
(a) the Old Comedy of Athens
(b) The Athenian Comedian
(c) the Old Tragedy of Athens
(d) the Old Man of Athens

5. What was the major issue in the war with the Persians?
(a) freedom and liberty
(b) national boundaries
(c) ownership of slaves
(d) land

Short Answer Questions

1. Herodotus is known as ______________.

2. Who does Hamilton compare the work of Aristophanes to?

3. Which of the following names is not considered to be one of the imponderables?

4. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

5. The Egyptians believed that when a man died _____________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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