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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Euripides: The Modern Mind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through Xenophon, one can view the life of the _______________________.
(a) youth
(b) military
(c) elite
(d) average man

2. One of the differences in the society of the Greeks was the __________________.
(a) emphasis on fear
(b) lack of caring
(c) role of reason
(d) emphasis on ignorance

3. What does Hamilton consider to be the greatest of all Greek poetry?
(a) the poetry in Greek tragedy
(b) the poetry in Greek comedy
(c) history
(d) odes

4. What is one of the presumptions of Aristophanes' plays?
(a) the audience is aware of the current thought and literature
(b) the audience must be educated
(c) the audience will not understand his points without the chorus
(d) the audience is ignorant of literature

5. Herodotus' History is concerned with ___________________________.
(a) the history of the godw
(b) his travels and the Persian War
(c) the war with Sparta
(d) life in Athens

Short Answer Questions

1. The war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________.

2. How many actors were in a play written by Aristophanes?

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

4. According to Hamilton, tragedy is the domain of whom?

5. What characterizes the tragedies of Aeschylus?

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