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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. What had the most freedom as an artist?
(a) the Greek
(b) the Buddhist
(c) the Hindu
(d) the Egyptian

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

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

4. Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________.
(a) dull
(b) apathetic
(c) stupid
(d) intellectual with vitality

5. Which of the following is not one of the plays of Aristophanes?
(a) Birds
(b) Frogs
(c) Oedipus Rex
(d) Clouds

Short Answer Questions

1. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.

2. The primary interest of the ancient Egyptians was a preoccupation with _______________.

3. The Greeks _________________________.

4. According to Pericles, _________________________.

5. Aristophanes is described as _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the way of the spirit.

3. What was the world's first Academy?

4. How does Greek writing compare to English writing?

5. What did Aristophanes and Gilbert have in common?

6. What is the reason for the Egyptian preoccupation with death and where one would go after life?

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

8. Who was Aristophanes?

9. Why is Pindar considered to be important?

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

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