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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. The Athenians and Spartans fought because _________________________.
(a) both were weak
(b) both were powerful
(c) Sparta was weaker than Athens
(d) Athens was weaker than Sparta

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

3. By the time Aristophanes began writing, Greek drama was ________________________.
(a) nonesixtent
(b) at its summit
(c) gaining in popularity
(d) past its summit

4. Before the development of Athens, which group handled intellectual activities?
(a) anyone who wanted to
(b) the common man
(c) royalty
(d) the priests

5. Thucydides wanted his work to be ________________________.
(a) interesting to read
(b) useful to others
(c) ornately written
(d) factual without any use to others

Short Answer Questions

1. Tragedy, in Hamilton's view, ________________________________.

2. How did the Greeks feel about slavery?

3. Which of the following is not a name associated with the Athens civilization of this time?

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

5. The literature indicates that life differed in Athens, as compared to Egypt, by which century?

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