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Chapter 03
Classical Greece: The Hellenic Age
3. To the Greeks, which two gods manifested the extremes of moderation and excess?
A. Apollo and Dionysus
B. Zeus and Hera
C. Apollo and Athena
D. Mars and Aphrodite
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5. Why was Athens unable to win the war of attrition against Sparta?
A. Sparta was able to burn crops for miles around Athens and starve the city.
B. Sparta possessed vastly superior naval forces.
C. A plague devastated the city of Athens.
D. Sparta was able to ally with the Persians and tip the balance of forces in its favor.
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15. The comic playwright who satirized Socrates as a hopeless dreamer was
A. Aristotle.
B. Agisthenes.
C. Aristophanes.
D. Aeschylus.
16. The primary feature of the Old Comedy of Greece, and its chief legacy, was
A. comic plots centered around orphans.
B. realistic costumes appropriate to the characters.
C. political criticism.
D. women playing comic roles.
17. In the play Lysistrata, Aristophanes has the women of Athens and Sparta withhold sex
from their husbands
A. as a means of birth control.
B. because they feared sexually transmitted diseases in time of war.
C. to protest the absurdity of war.
D. to protect their cities against the ravages of the Persian armies.
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20. The best surviving history of the Peloponnesian War was written by which eyewitness?
A. Pericles
B. Sophocles
C. Thucydides
D. Aristophanes
21. Thucydides was a forerunner of more recent historians in that he was concerned with
A. cause and effect.
B. the role of the gods in war.
C. interviewing the participants in the war with Persia.
D. the primary sources in the library at Alexandria.
22. The Sophists could be described in all of the following ways EXCEPT as
A. teachers who claimed that they could make their students successful.
B. critics of pre-Socratic philosophy.
C. developers of atomistic theories.
D. proponents of humanistic values.
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31. Xenophon reasoned that married women's responsibilities included all of the following
EXCEPT
A. managing the husband's estate.
B. bearing children.
C. submitting to the husband's will in all things.
D. carrying out domestic chores.
33. Which of the following is NOT a way in which Aristotle has influenced Western thought?
A. Middle Ages Christian, Muslim, and Jewish scholars regarded his writings as containing
authoritative teachings on the natural world.
B. His ethical writings became the prevailing moral code of the West.
C. His logic is still taught in college philosophy courses.
D. His ideas were later accepted as authoritative by the Roman Catholic Church.
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35. In what way did the western Greek architects differ from eastern Greek architects?
A. They embraced Ionic architecture more completely.
B. They hewed more closely to Doric architecture.
C. They were more experimental.
D. They adopted rectilinear temple form.
38. The Parthenon has become one of the most important architectural landmarks in the West
for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that
A. it embodies the ideals of Greek architecture.
B. it represents the zenith of Greek architecture.
C. it became the model for harmonious proportions.
D. it inspired Gothic art.
39. A comparison of the Doric and Ionic orders of columns reveals that
A. the Ionic is more decorated than the Doric.
B. most of the early temples were built with Doric columns.
C. the Ionic column has a capital that looks like a scroll or the horns of a ram.
D. All these answers are correct.
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40. Which temple on the Acropolis was dedicated to Athena, Poseidon, and the legendary
ruler who introduced the horse to Athens?
A. Athena Nike
B. Propylaea
C. Erechtheum
D. Pantheon
41. The architect Mnesicles designed which building on the Athenian Acropolis?
A. the Parthenon
B. the Erechtheum
C. the Propylaea
D. the temple of Athena Nike
42. Greek sculptors carved the human form in a graceful pose known as
A. the three-point stance.
B. contrapposto.
C. sfumato.
D. the flat-footed pose.
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Essay Questions
46. What were the general characteristics of Hellenic civilization? How did they differ from
the Archaic era?
Answers will vary
47. What different aspects of human nature did Dionysus and Apollo represent? Which of
these aspects did Hellenic civilization best embody?
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48. Discuss the role of Greek religion in helping to shape the civilization of Hellenic Greece.
Use examples from two of the following: the arts, architecture, history, philosophy, literature,
and music.
Answers will vary
49. Discuss the Parthenon as a model of Hellenic architecture. What are the major features of
the Parthenon? How did it use mathematics and refinements to create both the illusion and the
reality of proportionality?
Answers will vary
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50. Discuss the four phases of the Hellenic Age. What challenges did the Greek states face in
this period, and how successful were they at meeting them?
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51. Discuss the features of Greek tragedy and explain how they were manifested in the works
of Sophocles.
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52. Discuss the various functions attributed to Greek theatrical productions, including
religious ritual, civic spectacle, and psychological release for the audience.
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53. Compare and contrast the historical approaches of Herodotus and Thucydides. Which was
the superior historian and why?
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54. Who were the Pre-Socratics? Note the contributions to philosophy of two of the schools of
Pre-Socratic thinkers.
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55. Discuss the artistic breakthroughs that allowed the Archaic style to develop into the
Severe style of Hellenic sculpture. Use an example of each style of sculpture in your essay.
Answers will vary
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