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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Xenophon because wealthy by __________________________.
(a) working
(b) ransoming a rich Persian noble
(c) by being a successful businessman
(d) from his father's estate

2. Which word does not have a bad connotation to the Greeks?
(a) unlimited
(b) boundless
(c) limits
(d) indefinite

3. Aeschylus was ______________________.
(a) a writer of mystery
(b) a writer of prose
(c) the first writer of tragedy
(d) the last writer of tragedy

4. Aeschylus felt that the cause of misery was _____________.
(a) wealth
(b) power
(c) sin
(d) prosperity

5. Sophocles differs from Aeschylus in that Sophocles ______________________________.
(a) doesn't deal in morales
(b) introduces humon into the situation
(c) draws the moral for his audience
(d) lets the audience draw its own conclusions

6. According to Hamilton, Greek religion developed from _____________________________.
(a) the prophets
(b) the elite
(c) the priests
(d) the poets, artists and philosophers

7. Viewing things as part of the whole applies to all but _______________.
(a) actors
(b) buildings
(c) wars
(d) art

8. The tragedies of Aeschylus present death and suffering in a way that __________________________.
(a) makes it comical
(b) brings the audience to tears
(c) does not depress the audience
(d) depresses the audience

9. Before Aeschylus, Greek drama consisted of ____________________________.
(a) the chorus only
(b) four actors and a chorus
(c) three actors only
(d) one actor and a chorus

10. The most important oracle was at _________________.
(a) Delphi
(b) Sparta
(c) Marathon
(d) Athens

11. Greek tragedy came into being because _______________________________________.
(a) there was a lot of tragedy in everyday life
(b) life was characterized by human misery
(c) Greek thinking revealed that there was an injustice inherent in nature
(d) Greek audiences like tear-jerkers

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

13. Xenophon suggested that _____________________________________.
(a) Athens and Sparta hold peace talks at Delphi
(b) Athens merge with Sparta
(c) there was no way to end the war
(d) Athens and Sparta fight to the bitter end

14. Of the ninety plays that Aeschylus wrote, how many have survived?
(a) seven
(b) twenty three
(c) ninety
(d) five

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Euripides wrote his plays how many years after Aeschylus?

2. Which of the following terms applies to the religion of the ancient Greeks?

3. Xenophon felt that ___________________________________.

4. Compared to the other tragedians, Euripides is described as the _________________.

5. Thucydides wanted his work to be ________________________.

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