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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thucydides felt that ___________________________________.
(a) wars were covered by broken treaties
(b) the desire for wealth was not a cause of war
(c) the desire for power was not a cause of war
(d) power and wealth created the desire for more power and wealth

2. Compared to the other tragedians, Euripides is described as the _________________.
(a) saddest
(b) happiest
(c) most tragic
(d) most fatal

3. Tragedy, in Hamilton's view, ________________________________.
(a) makes people cry
(b) is a mixture of comedy and sadness
(c) makes people sad
(d) is a mixture of pain and pleasure

4. Xenophon felt that ___________________________________.
(a) states should be orientated toward war
(b) diplomacy should be used to avert war
(c) disputes should be settled by war
(d) all states should seek power

5. Aeschylus felt that the cause of misery was _____________.
(a) prosperity
(b) sin
(c) power
(d) wealth

Short Answer Questions

1. Thucydides wrote a history of the war between ______________________.

2. Thucydides felt that the lesson of the Peloponnesian War was that _____________________________________.

3. As a result of the Peloponnesian War, _______________________________________.

4. Before Aeschylus, Greek drama consisted of ____________________________.

5. Aeschylus had been ________________________-.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the subjects of Greek tragedy come from?

2. What are the characteristics of Greek tragedy?

3. Why did Euripides write Trojan Women?

4. What were Xenophon's views on war?

5. Why was Xenophon exiled by Athens?

6. IN what way does Xenophon provide a different view of Athens than Thucydides did?

7. Why did Thucydides write a book on the war between Athens and Sparta?

8. What were Thucydides' views on power and wealth?

9. Explain why the Theater of Dionysus was a religious experience for the audience.

10. How did Sophocles and Aeschylus differ on their views of freedom and law?

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