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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Athenians as Plato Saw Them.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pindar considered to be important?
(a) he addressed serious issues
(b) he represented the youth
(c) he represented a new movement
(d) he was the last spokesman for the aristocracy

2. According to Pericles, _________________________.
(a) words are to be used sparingly
(b) the longer a passage is, the better it is
(c) writing should be ornate
(d) repetition is good

3. Pindar's poems praised _________________________.
(a) the intellectuals
(b) the athletes of the games
(c) the kind
(d) the common man

4. The dialogues of Plato indicate that Athenians _________________________-.
(a) were not intereted in intellectual discussions
(b) were not interested in intellectual thinking
(c) wanted to do their own thinking
(d) delegated intellectual things to the teachers

5. Reality to the ancient Egyptian, was directed toward _____________________.
(a) on life and death
(b) on life itself
(c) where he would go after life
(d) on art and culture

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to Greek writing, English poetry is ____________________.

2. The Greeks classified Pindar in the ________________________.

3. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.

4. In Greece, the role of the priests _____________________________.

5. Those who are primarily concerned with the spiritual become ___________.

(see the answer key)

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