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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________.
(a) stupid
(b) intellectual with vitality
(c) apathetic
(d) dull

3. By the time Aristophanes began writing, Greek drama was ________________________.
(a) at its summit
(b) past its summit
(c) gaining in popularity
(d) nonesixtent

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

5. What was not a function of the chorus?
(a) to answer questions from the audience
(b) to dance
(c) to sing
(d) to present the author's views and opinions

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

7. The spiritual side of the ancient Greeks is _______________________________.
(a) not important in the life of the ancient Greeks
(b) nonexistant
(c) montheistic
(d) represented by the gods and goddesses they believed in

8. What word best describes the ancient Athenians?
(a) freedom
(b) fearful
(c) contol by priests
(d) superstitious

9. A Greek writer was concerned with ______________________.
(a) the beauty of common things
(b) abstract concepts
(c) symbolism
(d) ornate style

10. The Greeks classified Pindar in the ________________________.
(a) aristocratic school of writing
(b) austere school of writing
(c) simple school of writing
(d) ornate school of writing

11. Intellectual discussions took place _________________.
(a) in the forums
(b) in the temples
(c) wherever men met
(d) in the schools

12. The artist conceptualizes reality in the form of _______________________.
(a) the symbol
(b) pure concepts
(c) he ignores reality
(d) there is no reality in art

13. The priests of ancient Egypt _____________________________.
(a) were powerless
(b) yielded to the power of the king
(c) taught the common man
(d) guarded their position of power as intellectuals

14. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.
(a) the same as English writing
(b) incapable of being translated into English
(c) more ornate than English writing
(d) very different from the styles of English writing

15. At the time of Sophocles ________________________.
(a) there was a literary class
(b) the priests were the literary class
(c) there was no literary class
(d) the teachers were the literary class

Short Answer Questions

1. The literature indicates that life differed in Athens, as compared to Egypt, by which century?

2. Pindar believed that the wealthy and powerful would _____________________________.

3. Herodotus reported _____________________________.

4. The dialogues of Plato indicate that Athenians _________________________-.

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

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