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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Greeks _________________________.
(a) practiced mind control
(b) limited thought to certain fields
(c) applied no limits to thoughts
(d) limited intellectual thought to priests

2. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.
(a) the Athenian victory over Rome
(b) the Athenian victory over Sparta
(c) the Persian victory over Athens
(d) the Athenian victory over the Persians

3. Those who are primarily concerned with the spiritual become ___________.
(a) artists
(b) archaeologtists
(c) scientists
(d) physicians

4. The Greeks had different rules of standards that applied to different people. This is evidence of their ________________.
(a) rules
(b) hypocrisy
(c) laws
(d) values

5. Who does Hamilton compare the work of Aristophanes to?
(a) Longfellow
(b) Milton
(c) Poe
(d) Gilbert

6. Who, among the following, was a teacher?
(a) Aeschylus
(b) Sophocles
(c) Plato
(d) Aristophanes

7. What is one of the presumptions of Aristophanes' plays?
(a) the audience will not understand his points without the chorus
(b) the audience is ignorant of literature
(c) the audience must be educated
(d) the audience is aware of the current thought and literature

8. Greek writing is based on __________________.
(a) imagery
(b) simile
(c) symbolism
(d) reality

9. What had the most freedom as an artist?
(a) the Hindu
(b) the Egyptian
(c) the Buddhist
(d) the Greek

10. Herodotus' History is concerned with ___________________________.
(a) his travels and the Persian War
(b) the history of the godw
(c) the war with Sparta
(d) life in Athens

11. Greek writing can easily ________________________________________.
(a) be interpreted
(b) be accomodated to the English style
(c) be translated into English
(d) have the style and meaning lost in the translation

12. In the ancient world, before the rise of Athens and the Greeks, the greatest civilization was ________________.
(a) Crete
(b) Egypt
(c) Rome
(d) Sparta

13. Herodotus reported _____________________________.
(a) only what he found and substantiated
(b) the facts whether he believed them or not
(c) only the facts he velieved
(d) anything he heard

14. According to Pericles, _________________________.
(a) the longer a passage is, the better it is
(b) repetition is good
(c) writing should be ornate
(d) words are to be used sparingly

15. How did the Greeks feel about slavery?
(a) It was evil
(b) It was an accepted way of life
(c) There were no slaves
(d) They opposed slavery

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the development of Athens, which group handled intellectual activities?

2. In Egypt ___________________________.

3. Compared to the Hebrew writing in the Bible, Greek writing is ______________.

4. How many actors were in a play written by Aristophanes?

5. The Buddhist artist ________________________.

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