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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Before the development of Athens, which group handled intellectual activities?
(a) royalty
(b) the priests
(c) the common man
(d) anyone who wanted to

3. What does Hamilton consider to be the greatest of all Greek poetry?
(a) the poetry in Greek tragedy
(b) the poetry in Greek comedy
(c) history
(d) odes

4. Pindar believed that the wealthy and powerful would _____________________________.
(a) use their power to help others
(b) ignore their responsibilities
(c) abuse the power
(d) use their power to improve their own position

5. The Hindu artist ________________________.
(a) had limited freedom
(b) had no freedom
(c) was dictated to by Hindu priests
(d) had the most freedom

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

7. The distinction between mind and spirit is important in the area of ___________.
(a) philosophy
(b) art
(c) government
(d) law

8. Which of the following names is not considered to be one of the imponderables?
(a) Pliny
(b) Salamis
(c) Marathon
(d) Thermopylae

9. Herodotus is known as ______________.
(a) the father of comedy
(b) the father of tragedy
(c) the father of history
(d) the father of travel

10. What word best describes the ancient Athenians?
(a) fearful
(b) contol by priests
(c) freedom
(d) superstitious

11. Why is Pindar considered to be important?
(a) he represented the youth
(b) he represented a new movement
(c) he was the last spokesman for the aristocracy
(d) he addressed serious issues

12. Which Pharaoh opposed the priests?
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Ra
(c) Cleopatra
(d) Akhenaton

13. Compared to Aristophanes _____________________.
(a) Gilbert is more restrained
(b) both are just as risque
(c) neither is risque
(d) Gilbert is bawdier

14. Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________.
(a) apathetic
(b) intellectual with vitality
(c) stupid
(d) dull

15. Compared to Greek writing, English poetry is ____________________.
(a) very ornate
(b) easier to interpret
(c) much simpler
(d) about the same

Short Answer Questions

1. Greek art is based on _________________________.

2. The Greek acceptance of reality, as given in an oration by Pericles, makes them ___________________________.

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

4. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.

5. Which of the following terms does not describe Greek writing?

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