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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. Herodotus is known as ______________.
(a) the father of tragedy
(b) the father of history
(c) the father of comedy
(d) the father of travel

2. Herodotus' History is concerned with ___________________________.
(a) life in Athens
(b) the history of the godw
(c) his travels and the Persian War
(d) the war with Sparta

3. One of the differences in the society of the Greeks was the __________________.
(a) emphasis on ignorance
(b) role of reason
(c) emphasis on fear
(d) lack of caring

4. Reality to the ancient Egyptian, was directed toward _____________________.
(a) on art and culture
(b) where he would go after life
(c) on life and death
(d) on life itself

5. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.
(a) the common man
(b) the kind
(c) the intellectuals
(d) the athletes of the games

Short Answer Questions

1. Greek writing is based on __________________.

2. The Buddhist artist ________________________.

3. The Greek acceptance of reality, as given in an oration by Pericles, makes them ___________________________.

4. The Greeks classified Pindar in the ________________________.

5. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the role of the chorus in the comedies of Aristophanes?

5. What is the Western view of art?

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

7. What was the world's first Academy?

8. Who is Herodotus?

9. Why is Pindar considered to be important?

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

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