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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Euripides: The Modern Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Greeks classified Pindar in the ________________________.
(a) ornate school of writing
(b) austere school of writing
(c) aristocratic school of writing
(d) simple school of writing

2. By the time Aristophanes began writing, Greek drama was ________________________.
(a) past its summit
(b) nonesixtent
(c) gaining in popularity
(d) at its summit

3. Xenophon is famous for his book called __________________________________.
(a) Anbasis
(b) The History of the Peloponnesian War
(c) A History of War
(d) The Treatise on War

4. Thucydides felt that the lesson of the Peloponnesian War was that _____________________________________.
(a) wealth attracted the poorer to attack
(b) power brought about its own destruction
(c) the power of the Athenians had to be stopped
(d) the power of the Spartans had to be stopped

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city did Pindar live in?

2. Sophocles differs from Aeschylus in that Sophocles ______________________________.

3. Greek writing can easily ________________________________________.

4. Herodotus was the first Greek _______________________________.

5. Tragedy in drama began with whom?

(see the answer key)

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