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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 separate and individual entities
(b) part of the whole
(c) as separate and distinct individuals
(d) as scenery

2. Until the time of Aeschylus, poetry was concerned with _____________________________.
(a) pain and suffering
(b) the beauty of the world
(c) the reality of life
(d) the misery of the world

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

4. Which of the following is not a play of Sophocles?
(a) Libation-Bearers
(b) Electra
(c) Oesipus at Colonus
(d) Oedipus Rex

5. The Greeks viewed things ___________________.
(a) as extensions of themselves
(b) as individual entities
(c) as separate entities
(d) as part of a whole

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

7. The Athenians and Spartans fought because _________________________.
(a) Sparta was weaker than Athens
(b) both were weak
(c) Athens was weaker than Sparta
(d) both were powerful

8. Aeschylus believed in the _____________________.
(a) abuse of power
(b) justice of God
(c) wrath of God
(d) cruelty of man

9. What did Sophocles feel about inner versus outer control?
(a) man can control outer change
(b) outer change brings about inner chance
(c) man has no cont rol over either
(d) outer change does not affect inner control

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

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

12. Thucydides wanted his work to be ________________________.
(a) useful to others
(b) interesting to read
(c) ornately written
(d) factual without any use to others

13. Athens, which was a society based on freedom and liberty, was, by the time of Thucydides, known as the ________________.
(a) City of Love
(b) City of Freedom
(c) Mighty City
(d) Tyrant City

14. Through Xenophon, one can view the life of the _______________________.
(a) military
(b) elite
(c) average man
(d) youth

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hamilton, Greek religion developed from _____________________________.

2. Greek tragedy came into being because _______________________________________.

3. Aeschylus felt that the cause of misery was _____________.

4. What is not a similarity between Macbeth and Aeschylus?

5. How many decades separated Sophocles from Aeschylus?

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