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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. Which of the following does not describe Pindar's writing?
(a) praise
(b) honesty
(c) exaggeration
(d) fact

2. Greek writing can easily ________________________________________.
(a) be translated into English
(b) be accomodated to the English style
(c) have the style and meaning lost in the translation
(d) be interpreted

3. Who does Hamilton compare the work of Aristophanes to?
(a) Milton
(b) Poe
(c) Gilbert
(d) Longfellow

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

5. Greek writing can be characterized as ______________________.
(a) flowery
(b) complicated
(c) full of symbolism
(d) plain and matter of fact

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to the Hebrew writing in the Bible, Greek writing is ______________.

2. The power of the Egyptian priests came from ____________________________.

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

4. Poetic license ________________________________________.

5. How many actors were in a play written by Aristophanes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the world's first Academy?

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

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

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

8. As stated in Laws and other writings of the time, what was the function of the priest?

9. Why is Pindar considered to be important?

10. What was the Greek attitude toward slavery?

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