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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Aeschylus: The First Dramatist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the ancient world, before the rise of Athens and the Greeks, the greatest civilization was ________________.
(a) Crete
(b) Egypt
(c) Sparta
(d) Rome

2. The first scientists were the _________________.
(a) Egyptians
(b) Romans
(c) Greeks
(d) Mesopotmanians

3. What was important to Greek poets?
(a) imagery
(b) symbolism
(c) ornateness
(d) meter

4. Herodotus is known as ______________.
(a) the father of comedy
(b) the father of tragedy
(c) the father of travel
(d) the father of history

5. The war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________.
(a) Thermopylae
(b) Athens
(c) Salamis
(d) Sparta

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the world of the dead represent to the ancient Egyptians?

2. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?

3. Which role did Aeschylus not fulfill?

4. Herodotus' History is concerned with ___________________________.

5. Why is Pindar considered to be important?

(see the answer key)

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