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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Aeschylus: The First Dramatist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Greeks feel about slavery?
(a) It was evil
(b) They opposed slavery
(c) There were no slaves
(d) It was an accepted way of life

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

3. Who laid the foundation for the Greek democracy?
(a) Socrates
(b) Plato
(c) Solon
(d) Aristotle

4. Opposition to slavery was open and evident in the time of ______________.
(a) Socrates
(b) Euripides
(c) Aristotle
(d) Plato

5. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?
(a) criticism of the king
(b) debt
(c) corruption of youth and introduction of new gods
(d) support of the Egyptians

Short Answer Questions

1. The artist conceptualizes reality in the form of _______________________.

2. One way to learn the values of a society is to look at ______________________.

3. What is one of the presumptions of Aristophanes' plays?

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

5. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?

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