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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. What characterizes the tragedies of Aeschylus?
(a) passive acceptance
(b) bitterness
(c) hatred
(d) anger

2. The power of the Egyptian priests came from ____________________________.
(a) the ingorance and fear of others
(b) their ability to teach
(c) their power over the king
(d) the people

3. Of the ninety plays that Aeschylus wrote, how many have survived?
(a) seven
(b) five
(c) ninety
(d) twenty three

4. Which of the following names is not considered to be one of the imponderables?
(a) Salamis
(b) Marathon
(c) Thermopylae
(d) Pliny

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Greek tragedy is characterized by ____________________________________.

2. In Greece, the role of the priests _____________________________.

3. What is not a similarity between Macbeth and Aeschylus?

4. The dialogues of Plato indicate that Athenians _________________________-.

5. The Buddhist artist ________________________.

(see the answer key)

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