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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first writer to condemn slavery?
(a) Pericles
(b) Aeschylus
(c) Euripides
(d) Sophocles

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

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

4. Intellectual discussions took place _________________.
(a) in the schools
(b) in the temples
(c) in the forums
(d) wherever men met

5. Herodotus was the first Greek _______________________________.
(a) to write in verse
(b) to take an interest in mankind
(c) to write of history
(d) to write in prose and have it accepted as poetry

6. The artist conceptualizes reality in the form of _______________________.
(a) pure concepts
(b) he ignores reality
(c) there is no reality in art
(d) the symbol

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

8. What did the world of the dead represent to the ancient Egyptians?
(a) the movement to a higher level
(b) the continuation of misery
(c) existence with God
(d) security, peace and pleasure

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greek artist was __________________________.

2. To Pindar, the Greek aristocracy represented ___________________________.

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

4. Of all the Greek poets, Pindar is described as the _____________________________.

5. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.

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