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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Herodotus: The First Sight-Seer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Greek acceptance of reality, as given in an oration by Pericles, makes them ___________________________.
(a) interested in humanity
(b) warm
(c) seem cold and unemotional
(d) exaggerated

2. Hamilton compares reading Aristophanes to reading a _________________.
(a) newspaper
(b) comic book
(c) romance novel
(d) sports page

3. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?
(a) the Bible
(b) the Hebrews
(c) the Greeks
(d) Shakespeare

4. Which of the following names is not considered to be one of the imponderables?
(a) Marathon
(b) Thermopylae
(c) Pliny
(d) Salamis

5. Who was charged with leadership in the Greek society of Pindar's time?
(a) royalty
(b) noone in particular
(c) the elected leaders
(d) the aristocracy

Short Answer Questions

1. The poetry of Pindar is described as _________________.

2. The first games, contests and competitions were held in _____________.

3. The spiritual side of the ancient Greeks is _______________________________.

4. Opposition to slavery was open and evident in the time of ______________.

5. Poetic license ________________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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