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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poetry of Pindar is described as _________________.
(a) full of imagery
(b) full of symbolism
(c) sing-songy
(d) musical

2. The Athenian audience of Aristophanes ___________________________.
(a) was judgmental
(b) walked out
(c) was accepting of the subject matter
(d) didn't understand his humor

3. Poetic license ________________________________________.
(a) requires facts
(b) allows the poet to write in whatever way he wants
(c) calls for simple statements
(d) requires briefness

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

5. Compared to the Hebrew writing in the Bible, Greek writing is ______________.
(a) about the same
(b) shorter
(c) no comparison
(d) longer

6. The world's first academy was in _____________________.
(a) Athens
(b) Crete
(c) Sparta
(d) Rome

7. Which of the following is not one of the plays of Aristophanes?
(a) Birds
(b) Oedipus Rex
(c) Frogs
(d) Clouds

8. Greek art is based on _________________________.
(a) abstractions of reality
(b) symboliswm
(c) the reality of what the artist sees
(d) the orders of the priests

9. Greek writing can be characterized as ______________________.
(a) plain and matter of fact
(b) flowery
(c) full of symbolism
(d) complicated

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

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

12. Herodotus is classified as a writer of ____________________.
(a) religion
(b) tragedy
(c) history of the fight with Persia
(d) comedy

13. The freedom of Athenian thought and expression led to ____________________.
(a) panic
(b) confusion
(c) fear
(d) the basis for science

14. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?
(a) support of the Egyptians
(b) criticism of the king
(c) debt
(d) corruption of youth and introduction of new gods

15. How old was Herodotus at the time of the defeat of the Persians?
(a) twenty
(b) thirty-five
(c) ten
(d) forty

Short Answer Questions

1. One way to learn the values of a society is to look at ______________________.

2. Who was charged with leadership in the Greek society of Pindar's time?

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

4. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?

5. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

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