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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. According to Hamilton, tragedy involves _________________________.
(a) physical pain
(b) torture
(c) death
(d) the suffering of the soul

2. Which of the following is not a name associated with Greek tragedy?
(a) Euripides
(b) Aeschylus
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Sophocles

3. In Greek drama, the characters are viewed as ______________________.
(a) as separate and individual entities
(b) as scenery
(c) as separate and distinct individuals
(d) part of the whole

4. Aeschylus was ______________________.
(a) the first writer of tragedy
(b) a writer of mystery
(c) a writer of prose
(d) the last writer of tragedy

5. Thucydides felt that the lesson of the Peloponnesian War was that _____________________________________.
(a) the power of the Athenians had to be stopped
(b) power brought about its own destruction
(c) the power of the Spartans had to be stopped
(d) wealth attracted the poorer to attack

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Schopenhauer, what world applies to the tragedies of Sophocles?

2. Aeschylus felt that the cause of misery was _____________.

3. Athens, which was a society based on freedom and liberty, was, by the time of Thucydides, known as the ________________.

4. During the war, Thucydides was _______________________.

5. As a result of the Peloponnesian War, _______________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sophocles and Aeschylus differ on their views of freedom and law?

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

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

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

5. What were Xenophon's views on war?

6. Why did Euripides write Trojan Women?

7. Why was Xenophon exiled by Athens?

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

9. How did Euripides treat religion?

10. Why did Thucydides write a book on the war between Athens and Sparta?

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