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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. Why is Pindar considered to be important?
(a) he represented the youth
(b) he was the last spokesman for the aristocracy
(c) he represented a new movement
(d) he addressed serious issues

2. Euripides wrote his plays how many years after Aeschylus?
(a) fifty
(b) ten
(c) one hundred
(d) seventy

3. The literature indicates that life differed in Athens, as compared to Egypt, by which century?
(a) fifth
(b) second
(c) fourth
(d) third

4. What characterizes the tragedies of Aeschylus?
(a) anger
(b) passive acceptance
(c) hatred
(d) bitterness

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The works of Aristophanes were _______________________.

2. What did the world of the dead represent to the ancient Egyptians?

3. Compared to Aristophanes _____________________.

4. Which city was responsible for a new civilization?

5. What had the most freedom as an artist?

(see the answer key)

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