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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following terms does not describe Greek writing?
(a) reality
(b) simpleness
(c) fact
(d) exaggeration

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

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

5. The Greek aristocracy_______________________.
(a) lived by the same standards as others
(b) were liars and cheaters
(c) were not honorable men
(d) had its own standard to live by

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

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

8. What was characteristic of Greek art?
(a) mind stronger than spirit
(b) mind and spirit have no effect on art
(c) spirit stronger than mind
(d) mind and spirit in equal balance

9. One way to learn the values of a society is to look at ______________________.
(a) science
(b) its literature
(c) history
(d) daily life

10. The priests of ancient Egypt _____________________________.
(a) taught the common man
(b) yielded to the power of the king
(c) were powerless
(d) guarded their position of power as intellectuals

11. Hamilton compares reading Aristophanes to reading a _________________.
(a) newspaper
(b) romance novel
(c) comic book
(d) sports page

12. Aristophanes is described as _____________________.
(a) The Athenian Comedian
(b) the Old Comedy of Athens
(c) the Old Man of Athens
(d) the Old Tragedy of Athens

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

14. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.
(a) the intellectuals
(b) the common man
(c) the kind
(d) the athletes of the games

15. What was important to Greek poets?
(a) meter
(b) symbolism
(c) imagery
(d) ornateness

Short Answer Questions

1. The games and competitions were considered so important by the Greeks that __________________________________.

2. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.

3. One writer whose works reveal the values of the society is ______________.

4. The Ancient Greeks of the time exhibited a ________________________.

5. By the time Aristophanes began writing, Greek drama was ________________________.

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