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

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

3. Sophocles differs from Aeschylus in that Sophocles ______________________________.
(a) doesn't deal in morales
(b) draws the moral for his audience
(c) lets the audience draw its own conclusions
(d) introduces humon into the situation

4. Which of the following does not describe Pindar's writing?
(a) exaggeration
(b) honesty
(c) fact
(d) praise

5. Which of the following is not a name associated with the Athens civilization of this time?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Thucydides
(c) Homer
(d) Plato

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greeks classified Pindar in the ________________________.

2. During the war, Thucydides was _______________________.

3. The Greeks _________________________.

4. One of the differences in the society of the Greeks was the __________________.

5. The subject of Greek tragedy came from _________________________.

(see the answer key)

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