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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. The most important oracle was at _________________.
(a) Athens
(b) Sparta
(c) Marathon
(d) Delphi

2. Which of the following is not one of the four elements common to every tragedy?
(a) hilarity
(b) pity
(c) reconciliation
(d) awe

3. The Athenians and Spartans fought because _________________________.
(a) both were powerful
(b) Sparta was weaker than Athens
(c) Athens was weaker than Sparta
(d) both were weak

4. Which role did Aeschylus not fulfill?
(a) scenery designer
(b) costume designer
(c) theater owner
(d) writer

5. Xenophon's book is about _______________________________.
(a) the defeat of the Persians
(b) discipline in the military
(c) how the retreat of the Ten Thousand was successful
(d) Greek society

Short Answer Questions

1. In both literary periods of tragedy, what was not true?

2. To the Greek thinkers, religion was ______________________.

3. Tragedy in drama began with whom?

4. Through Xenophon, one can view the life of the _______________________.

5. What happened to the captured survivors of battles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the four elements in every tragedy?

2. In what ways does Sophocles differ from Aeschylus?

3. How did Euripides treat religion?

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

5. Why was Xenophon exiled by Athens?

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

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

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

9. What was the outcome of Peloponnesian War?

10. How did the religion of the ancient Greeks develop?

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