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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Euripides wrote his plays how many years after Aeschylus?

2. Aeschylus believed in the _____________________.

3. Xenophon because wealthy by __________________________.

4. Which one of Shakespeare's tragedies comes closest to the tragedies of Aeschylus?

5. The Greeks viewed things ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Sophocles differ from Aeschylus?

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

3. Sophocles and Aeschylus lived in different times in Athens. How did the Athens of Sophocles differ from the Athens of Aeschylus?

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

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

6. In what way did Aeschylus change Greek drama?

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

8. How are the characters in a Greek play viewed?

9. Where do the subjects of Greek tragedy come from?

10. What are the characteristics of Greek tragedy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are your impressions of the ancient Greeks and their accomplishments? Do you think they can or have been duplicated? Why or why not? Do you think they will every be duplicated? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is the austere school to which Pindar belonged? What are the implications of this school? What were the effects of this school and why?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the early Greek writers were concerned with the issues of power and wealth and war. Explain how power and wealth lead to war. What is it that a nation is fighting for and why? Apply this to the situation of Athens and Sparta.

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