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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 war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________.
(a) Thermopylae
(b) Athens
(c) Salamis
(d) Sparta

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

3. In Greece, the role of the priests _____________________________.
(a) covered all intellectual activitries
(b) was limited to matters of religion only
(c) was to teach the population
(d) was to function as advisors

4. Thucydides wrote _________________________.
(a) The History of the Trojan War
(b) The History of the Spartan War
(c) The History of the Athenian War
(d) The History of the Peloponnesian War

5. According to Hamilton, tragedy involves _________________________.
(a) torture
(b) death
(c) the suffering of the soul
(d) physical pain

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first writer to condemn slavery?

2. What was the major issue in the war with the Persians?

3. Who was charged with leadership in the Greek society of Pindar's time?

4. The Ancient Greeks of the time exhibited a ________________________.

5. In both literary periods of tragedy, what was not true?

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