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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 comedy
(c) the father of travel
(d) the father of history

2. Those who are primarily concerned with the spiritual become ___________.
(a) physicians
(b) archaeologtists
(c) scientists
(d) artists

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

4. Who was charged with leadership in the Greek society of Pindar's time?
(a) royalty
(b) the aristocracy
(c) noone in particular
(d) the elected leaders

5. The spiritual side of the ancient Greeks is _______________________________.
(a) not important in the life of the ancient Greeks
(b) montheistic
(c) represented by the gods and goddesses they believed in
(d) nonexistant

Short Answer Questions

1. Poetic license ________________________________________.

2. How did the Greeks feel about slavery?

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

4. The term used to describe the Greek artist is ______________________.

5. Intellectual discussions took place _________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Greek artist called a spiritual materialist?

2. Why is the poetry of Pindar described as musical?

3. Who were the imponderables?

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

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

6. Who basically engaged in intellectual discussions?

7. What was the Greek attitude toward writing?

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

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

10. What is the Western view of art?

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