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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 Egyptians believed that when a man died _____________________________________.
(a) he should have with him the same kind of things that he had in life
(b) they would destroy the body
(c) it didn't matter what he was surrounded with
(d) the body must return to dust

2. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) Aristophanes

3. Tragedy, in Hamilton's view, ________________________________.
(a) is a mixture of pain and pleasure
(b) makes people sad
(c) is a mixture of comedy and sadness
(d) makes people cry

4. The Buddhist artist ________________________.
(a) creates what he is told to create
(b) the Buddhists have no interest in art
(c) creates from within
(d) copies, doesn't create

5. In both literary periods of tragedy, what was not true?
(a) they were periods of great military victories
(b) times were prosperous
(c) thrilling things were happening
(d) they were times of darkness and defeat

Short Answer Questions

1. The only sources of knowledge in Greece were the _______________.

2. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

3. Which of the following is not a play of Euripides'?

4. Those who are primarily concerned with the spiritual become ___________.

5. Which of the following does not describe Pindar's writing?

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