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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. Compared to the Hebrew writing in the Bible, Greek writing is ______________.
(a) longer
(b) shorter
(c) no comparison
(d) about the same

2. The artist conceptualizes reality in the form of _______________________.
(a) he ignores reality
(b) pure concepts
(c) there is no reality in art
(d) the symbol

3. As a result of the Peloponnesian War, _______________________________________.
(a) Sparta merged wih Athens
(b) Sparta adopted the Athenian culture
(c) the Athenian culture and its contirubtions to the world ended
(d) the Athenian culture spread

4. Until the time of Aeschylus, poetry was concerned with _____________________________.
(a) pain and suffering
(b) the beauty of the world
(c) the reality of life
(d) the misery of the world

5. Which of the following is not a name associated with Greek tragedy?
(a) Sophocles
(b) Shakespeare
(c) Aeschylus
(d) Euripides

Short Answer Questions

1. The Buddhist artist ________________________.

2. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?

3. Xenophon felt that ___________________________________.

4. Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________.

5. The Athenian audience of Aristophanes ___________________________.

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