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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. Sophocles' characters ________________________________.
(a) avoid their fate
(b) look for a way out
(c) endure their fate because there is no way out
(d) fight their fate

2. Xenophon is famous for his book called __________________________________.
(a) The History of the Peloponnesian War
(b) Anbasis
(c) A History of War
(d) The Treatise on War

3. Which of the following terms would not represent the views of Sophocles?
(a) order
(b) sobriety
(c) fair hamony
(d) hedonism

4. What is the view of man?
(a) man can sometimes change his fate
(b) man is helpless with his fate predetermined
(c) man is not helpless and controls his fate
(d) there is no such thing as fate

5. Compared to the other tragedians, Euripides is described as the _________________.
(a) saddest
(b) most tragic
(c) most fatal
(d) happiest

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Aeschylus, Greek drama consisted of ____________________________.

2. After traveling, Xenophon went to live in _____________.

3. Xenophon felt that it was significant ________________________________.

4. Euripides' view of religion is that _____________________.

5. What are the terms Hamilton uses to describe the works of Sophocles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a characteristic of the characters of Aeschylus?

2. What are the four elements in every tragedy?

3. What was the outcome of Peloponnesian War?

4. IN what way does Xenophon provide a different view of Athens than Thucydides did?

5. What are the similarities between Macbeth and the tragedies of Aeschylus?

6. To many Greeks, prosperity and wealth are the cause of misery. What was the cause of misery to Aeschylus?

7. In what ways does Sophocles differ from Aeschylus?

8. What were Xenophon's views on war?

9. The Retreat of the Ten Thousand was Xenophon's claim to fame. What was it?

10. What were Thucydides' views on power and wealth?

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