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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. Aeschylus believed in the _____________________.

2. Thucydides felt that ___________________________________.

3. Xenophon because wealthy by __________________________.

4. Xenophon suggested that _____________________________________.

5. Thucydides felt that the lesson of the Peloponnesian War was that _____________________________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what way did Aeschylus change Greek drama?

3. Why was Xenophon exiled by Athens?

4. How did Euripides treat religion?

5. Explain why the Theater of Dionysus was a religious experience for the audience.

6. What does it mean to say that the Greeks are concerned with life and abstractions from life?

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

8. Who are the four great tragedy writers?

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

10. What are the four elements in every tragedy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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