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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Greek drama, the characters are viewed as ______________________.
(a) as scenery
(b) as separate and individual entities
(c) as separate and distinct individuals
(d) part of the whole

2. Sophocles' characters ________________________________.
(a) avoid their fate
(b) look for a way out
(c) endure their fate because there is no way out
(d) fight their fate

3. Sophocles felt that honor of men was expressed by their ______________.
(a) deeds
(b) way of life
(c) words
(d) speech

4. In designing a Greek building, the Greek architect takes into consideration ___________________.
(a) the outline against the sky
(b) the setting
(c) the building's relation to the hills and sea
(d) the ornateness of the building itself

5. The subject of Greek tragedy came from _________________________.
(a) the writer's personal life
(b) everyday life
(c) myths
(d) history

6. Hamilton compares Sophocles to ________________.
(a) Pericles
(b) John Milton
(c) Browning
(d) Shakespeare

7. The Greeks were concerned with _______________________.
(a) physical prowess
(b) spirit only
(c) mind only
(d) both mind and spirit

8. According to Hamilton, tragedy involves _________________________.
(a) the suffering of the soul
(b) torture
(c) death
(d) physical pain

9. The only sources of knowledge in Greece were the _______________.
(a) schools
(b) temples
(c) libraries
(d) oracles

10. Xenophon felt that it was significant ________________________________.
(a) to see what honorable men did for amusement
(b) that there should be leisure time
(c) that men should participate in the games
(d) that men should work

11. After traveling, Xenophon went to live in _____________.
(a) Salamis
(b) Marathon
(c) Athens
(d) Sparta

12. What are the terms Hamilton uses to describe the works of Sophocles?
(a) poetic expression
(b) beutiful workmanship
(c) great intellect
(d) crude

13. Who laid the foundation for the Greek democracy?
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) Solon

14. Greek tragedy is characterized by ____________________________________.
(a) emotional upheaval
(b) calmness, serenity and absence of struggle
(c) a great struggle
(d) a great deal of violence

15. Which term does not apply to the Theater of Dionysus?
(a) community
(b) orgies
(c) worship
(d) loss of the sense of isolation

Short Answer Questions

1. Aeschylus was ______________________.

2. What is the view of man?

3. Xenophon suggested that _____________________________________.

4. According to Schopenhauer, what world applies to the tragedies of Sophocles?

5. Before Aeschylus, Greek drama consisted of ____________________________.

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