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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. Which one of Shakespeare's tragedies comes closest to the tragedies of Aeschylus?
(a) Macbeth
(b) Hamlet
(c) Romeo and Juliet
(d) King Lear

2. The dialogues of Plato indicate that Athenians _________________________-.
(a) wanted to do their own thinking
(b) delegated intellectual things to the teachers
(c) were not intereted in intellectual discussions
(d) were not interested in intellectual thinking

3. Herodotus was the first Greek _______________________________.
(a) to write of history
(b) to write in prose and have it accepted as poetry
(c) to write in verse
(d) to take an interest in mankind

4. What is the reason for the Egyptian preoccupation with death?
(a) the misery of everyday life
(b) belief in God
(c) the fairness of the ruler
(d) good living conditions

5. Aristophanes is described as _____________________.
(a) the Old Man of Athens
(b) the Old Comedy of Athens
(c) the Old Tragedy of Athens
(d) The Athenian Comedian

Short Answer Questions

1. Of all the Greek poets, Pindar is described as the _____________________________.

2. Xenophon suggested that _____________________________________.

3. Xenophon felt that ___________________________________.

4. Pindar believed that the wealthy and powerful would _____________________________.

5. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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