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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The Way of the Modern World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the world of the dead represent to the ancient Egyptians?
(a) the movement to a higher level
(b) the continuation of misery
(c) security, peace and pleasure
(d) existence with God

2. Sophocles differs from Aeschylus in that Sophocles ______________________________.
(a) doesn't deal in morales
(b) draws the moral for his audience
(c) lets the audience draw its own conclusions
(d) introduces humon into the situation

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

4. Aristophanes is described as _____________________.
(a) the Old Tragedy of Athens
(b) the Old Comedy of Athens
(c) The Athenian Comedian
(d) the Old Man of Athens

5. Hamilton compares Sophocles to ________________.
(a) Pericles
(b) Shakespeare
(c) John Milton
(d) Browning

Short Answer Questions

1. After the end of the Greek city state, Greek freedom of thought _________________.

2. Which word does not have a bad connotation to the Greeks?

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

4. Until the time of Aeschylus, poetry was concerned with _____________________________.

5. According to Pericles, _________________________.

(see the answer key)

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