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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 Hindu artist ________________________.
(a) had limited freedom
(b) was dictated to by Hindu priests
(c) had no freedom
(d) had the most freedom

2. How old was Herodotus at the time of the defeat of the Persians?
(a) ten
(b) forty
(c) twenty
(d) thirty-five

3. What word best describes the ancient Athenians?
(a) fearful
(b) contol by priests
(c) freedom
(d) superstitious

4. The Persian plan to defeat the Ten Thousand was to _________________________________.
(a) make slaves of the leaders
(b) split the force in half
(c) kill all the officers and leaders
(d) there was no plan

5. Of all the Greek poets, Pindar is described as the _____________________________.
(a) most difficult to read and translate
(b) easiest to read and translate
(c) average
(d) easiest to read but hardest to translate

Short Answer Questions

1. Until the time of Aeschylus, poetry was concerned with _____________________________.

2. The primary interest of the ancient Egyptians was a preoccupation with _______________.

3. In the ancient world, before the rise of Athens and the Greeks, the greatest civilization was ________________.

4. Xenophon's book is about _______________________________.

5. As a result of the Peloponnesian War, _______________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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