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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.
(a) more ornate than English writing
(b) the same as English writing
(c) very different from the styles of English writing
(d) incapable of being translated into English

2. In the ancient world, before the rise of Athens and the Greeks, the greatest civilization was ________________.
(a) Crete
(b) Sparta
(c) Egypt
(d) Rome

3. The distinction between mind and spirit is important in the area of ___________.
(a) philosophy
(b) government
(c) law
(d) art

4. By the time Aristophanes began writing, Greek drama was ________________________.
(a) nonesixtent
(b) at its summit
(c) gaining in popularity
(d) past its summit

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was charged with leadership in the Greek society of Pindar's time?

2. Those who are primarily concerned with the spiritual become ___________.

3. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.

4. In Greece, the role of the priests _____________________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Before the rise of Athens, Egypt was the greatest civilization. What were the characteristics of this civilization?

2. What was Herodotus' manner of presentation?

3. What was the Greek attitude toward slavery?

4. Why does Hamilton feel that Greek writers have not been copied by writers of other countries as Greek sculptor and architecture has?

5. What is meant by the new civilization that Athens created?

6. What was the Greek attitude toward writing?

7. Why is it said that Pindar looked toward the past?

8. Why was it surprising that the ancient Greeks were scientists?

9. How did Herodotus report the facts in his writings?

10. Who were the imponderables?

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