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Classical And Hellenistic Greece

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Classical Greek tragedians derived most of their plots from

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A

Greek history.

B

Greek politics.

C

Athenian hegemony.

D

Egypt and the Near East.

E

Greek mythology.

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Question 2
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Greek tragedies of the fifth century

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questioned the relationship between humans and gods.

B

were concerned with showing the meaning in the common activities of daily life.

C

made the actions of women distinctly subordinate to those of men.

D

rejected previous concerns with the gods.

E

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Question 3
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The Sophists

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preached adherence to social norms.

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believed in knowledge for knowledge's sake.

C

believed human laws were superior to natural ones.

D

challenged most accepted rules and morals.

E

believed in strict moral constraints.

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Question 4
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The comedies of Aristophanes

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avoided criticizing major political figures in Athens.

B

involved fantasy and escapism from contemporary problems.

C

often revealed his antiwar sentiments.

D

offer little insight to contemporary Athenian life.

E

depicted influential Athenian citizens in a flattering light.

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Question 5
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Our best historical sources for the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars are

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Sophocles and Euripides.

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Herodotus and Thucydides.

C

Aeschylus and Aristophanes.

D

Hesiod and Sappho.

E

Medea and Lysistrata.

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Question 6
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In the fifth century, the Greeks invented a way of writing history that

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presented human events as part of a great drama enacted by the gods.
B
required the careful use of sources.
C
considered human motivations.
D
required the careful use of sources and considered human motivations.
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Philosophy as a new way of thinking

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relied on the use of reason to answer profound questions of human existence.
B
welcomed argument and debate.
C
provided ways of understanding change.
D
argued that only the gods can alter the universe.
E
rejected religious explanations of the world.
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Question 8
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Socrates was concerned that the young men of Athens examine their lives in pursuit of

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answers to questions concerning the nature of life and death.
B
factual information concerning the material universe.
C
morality and ethical behavior.
D
successful political careers.
E
personal advantage.
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Question 9
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In comparison with Socrates, Plato was

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a greater believer in democracy.
B
less concerned with questions of moral conduct.
C
more interested in theories of matter.
D
less willing to believe that people could consult their consciences to discover what is right.
E
a great believer in the individual conscience.
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The work of Aristotle

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involved fields of knowledge from physics, astronomy, and biology to politics and ethics.
B
shared the assumption of Plato that order exists in the universe.
C
stressed moderation in human behavior and in politics.
D
both stressed moderation in human behavior and in politics and involved fields of knowledge from physics, astronomy, and biology to politics and ethics.
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Question 11
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The Athenians' defeat by Sparta in 404 B.C.was followed by

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their permanent eclipse as a powerful city-state.
B
a period in which Sparta assumed the supremacy of the Greek world for fifty years.
C
the immediate destruction of all the city-states by Philip of Macedon.
D
decades of war between shifting alliances of city-states.
E
the decline of Thebes.
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Question 12
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Alexander's imperial ambitions were

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the product of his courage, leadership, and strategy.
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fueled by his vision of the brotherhood of different peoples.
C
devoid of any scientific or scholarly curiosity.
D
subordinated to his concern for ruling his subjects.
E
undermined by his poor grasp of military strategy.
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Alexander's empire collapsed after his death because

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he was murdered.
B
he had been an ineffective administrator.
C
he had murdered his closest allies.
D
his generals seized parts of his empire for themselves.
E
the upper classes of the empire challenged its unity.
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Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., the Near East was influenced by Greek culture in a process we call

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Sophism.
B
Platonism.
C
Athenianization.
D
Hellenization.
E
dissolution.
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Question 15
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In the large kingdoms that followed the break-up of Alexander's empire,

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cities were given some autonomy in local affairs.
B
semi-divine monarchs ruled with the aid of large bureaucracies.
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Greeks served as officials and military leaders.
D
both semi-divine monarchs ruled with the aid of large bureaucracies and Greeks served as officials and military leaders.
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Question 16
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In comparison with the world of the polis, Hellenistic civilization was

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less wealthy.
B
marked by a more equitable distribution of wealth.
C
characterized by economic activity on a larger scale.
D
hampered in trade relations by lack of a common language.
E
characterized by a return to small-scale economic activities.
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Question 17
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Greek women were

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allowed to participate in the intellectual life of the polis.
B
subject to the same sexual norms as men.
C
restricted both sexually and socially in comparison to men.
D
not considered citizens.
E
considered mere breeding machines.
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Question 18
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Aristarchus

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advanced a heliocentric theory of planetary motion.
B
calculated the value of pi.
C
calculated the length of the average lunar month.
D
invented various proofs for geometric theorems.
E
computed the circumference of the earth.
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Question 19
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The Stoics

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argued that one should withdraw from the world to avoid pain and anxiety.
B
believed that slavery was wrong because it corrupted the soul of the slave.
C
believed that what constitutes justice depends on the society.
D
claimed that the world was governed by a single divine plan.
E
advocated the pursuit of pleasure.
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The Epicureans advocated

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withdrawal from the pain and disappointment of the world.
B
the acceptance of anxiety and suffering.
C
virtuous living.
D
the cultivation of self-discipline.
E
the acceptance of one's fate.
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