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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. Until the time of Aeschylus, poetry was concerned with _____________________________.
(a) pain and suffering
(b) the misery of the world
(c) the beauty of the world
(d) the reality of life

2. During the war, Thucydides was _______________________.
(a) a businessman
(b) an Athenian general
(c) a Spartan general
(d) a diplomat

3. Greek tragedy is characterized by ____________________________________.
(a) emotional upheaval
(b) a great struggle
(c) a great deal of violence
(d) calmness, serenity and absence of struggle

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

5. A Greek writer was concerned with ______________________.
(a) abstract concepts
(b) symbolism
(c) ornate style
(d) the beauty of common things

Short Answer Questions

1. Herodotus is known as ______________.

2. Which city did Pindar live in?

3. Xenophon felt that it was significant ________________________________.

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

5. Xenophon suggested that _____________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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