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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Way of the Modern World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Herodotus' History is concerned with ___________________________.
(a) life in Athens
(b) the history of the godw
(c) his travels and the Persian War
(d) the war with Sparta

2. A Greek writer was concerned with ______________________.
(a) the beauty of common things
(b) symbolism
(c) ornate style
(d) abstract concepts

3. What does Hamilton consider to be the greatest of all Greek poetry?
(a) odes
(b) the poetry in Greek comedy
(c) history
(d) the poetry in Greek tragedy

4. The games and competitions were considered so important by the Greeks that __________________________________.
(a) they were only held when the king wanted them
(b) they were cancelled for lack of participation
(c) they were suspended during wars and conflicts
(d) a truce of God was called at the start of the games

5. The spiritual side of the ancient Greeks is _______________________________.
(a) montheistic
(b) not important in the life of the ancient Greeks
(c) nonexistant
(d) represented by the gods and goddesses they believed in

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not a play of Sophocles?

3. How many decades separated Sophocles from Aeschylus?

4. Why is Pindar considered to be important?

5. Thucydides felt that the lesson of the Peloponnesian War was that _____________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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