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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. Athens, which was a society based on freedom and liberty, was, by the time of Thucydides, known as the ________________.
(a) Tyrant City
(b) City of Freedom
(c) Mighty City
(d) City of Love

2. The priests of ancient Egypt _____________________________.
(a) yielded to the power of the king
(b) were powerless
(c) guarded their position of power as intellectuals
(d) taught the common man

3. Which of the following terms does not describe Greek writing?
(a) exaggeration
(b) simpleness
(c) fact
(d) reality

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

5. Who does Hamilton compare the work of Aristophanes to?
(a) Milton
(b) Gilbert
(c) Longfellow
(d) Poe

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The poetry of Pindar is described as _________________.

3. What did the world of the dead represent to the ancient Egyptians?

4. During the war, Thucydides was _______________________.

5. Which one of Shakespeare's tragedies comes closest to the tragedies of Aeschylus?

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