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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. One writer whose works reveal the values of the society is ______________.
(a) Thucydides
(b) Salamis
(c) Marathon
(d) Plato

2. In Egypt ___________________________.
(a) there was no interest in art
(b) the priests dictated the pattern for art
(c) the artist had total freedom of expression
(d) the artist had some freedom of expression

3. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.
(a) highly ornate
(b) followed the style of the Egyptians
(c) a simple expression of the intellect
(d) influenced by the East

4. Xenophon is famous for his book called __________________________________.
(a) Anbasis
(b) The History of the Peloponnesian War
(c) The Treatise on War
(d) A History of War

5. Which city did Pindar live in?
(a) Athens
(b) Thebes
(c) Crete
(d) Sparta

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pindar considered to be important?

2. The power of the Egyptian priests came from ____________________________.

3. Tragedy, in Hamilton's view, ________________________________.

4. The Greeks viewed things ___________________.

5. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?

(see the answer key)

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