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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. Poetic license ________________________________________.
(a) requires facts
(b) allows the poet to write in whatever way he wants
(c) requires briefness
(d) calls for simple statements

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

3. The Buddhist artist ________________________.
(a) copies, doesn't create
(b) creates from within
(c) creates what he is told to create
(d) the Buddhists have no interest in art

4. Compared to Aristophanes _____________________.
(a) Gilbert is bawdier
(b) both are just as risque
(c) Gilbert is more restrained
(d) neither is risque

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pindar considered to be important?

2. Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________.

3. Which of the following does not describe Pindar's writing?

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

5. What had the most freedom as an artist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who basically engaged in intellectual discussions?

2. What were the characteristics of the austere school of writing?

3. What was the Greek attitude toward slavery?

4. What did Aristophanes and Gilbert have in common?

5. How does Greek drama compare to Shakespearean drama?

6. What were the characteristics of the ancient world in which Athens existed?

7. What was the Greek attitude toward writing?

8. What was Herodotus' manner of presentation?

9. The Greeks were firmly rooted in reality. How did this make them appear?

10. What did the literature of ancient Greece indicate about the relationships between the individual and the state?

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