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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. At the time of Sophocles ________________________.
(a) the priests were the literary class
(b) there was a literary class
(c) there was no literary class
(d) the teachers were the literary class

2. 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

3. The works of Aristophanes were _______________________.
(a) for the upper classes only
(b) enjoyed by both men and women
(c) for men only
(d) for athletes only

4. Xenophon suggested that _____________________________________.
(a) Athens and Sparta fight to the bitter end
(b) there was no way to end the war
(c) Athens and Sparta hold peace talks at Delphi
(d) Athens merge with Sparta

5. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?
(a) the Bible
(b) Shakespeare
(c) the Greeks
(d) the Hebrews

Short Answer Questions

1. Euripides wrote the Trojan Women to _______________________________.

2. Hamilton compares Sophocles to ________________.

3. What is one of the presumptions of Aristophanes' plays?

4. Thucydides wanted his work to be ________________________.

5. Who was the first writer to condemn slavery?

(see the answer key)

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