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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. Who was the first writer to condemn slavery?
(a) Aeschylus
(b) Sophocles
(c) Pericles
(d) Euripides

2. The freedom of Athenian thought and expression led to ____________________.
(a) confusion
(b) panic
(c) the basis for science
(d) fear

3. Who, among the following, was a teacher?
(a) Aeschylus
(b) Aristophanes
(c) Sophocles
(d) Plato

4. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Aristophanes
(d) Plato

5. The Greeks _________________________.
(a) limited thought to certain fields
(b) limited intellectual thought to priests
(c) applied no limits to thoughts
(d) practiced mind control

Short Answer Questions

1. The poetry of Pindar is described as _________________.

2. Which of the following terms does not describe Greek writing?

3. The Greeks had different rules of standards that applied to different people. This is evidence of their ________________.

4. The Greek architecture of the time was _________________________________.

5. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.

(see the answer key)

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