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Chapter 3—Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period
MULTIPLE CHOICE – 2 points each
1. What name is given to the period of Greek history between the Persian Wars and the death of
Alexander the Great?
a. The Hellenistic Period
b. The Alexandrian Period
c. The Classical Period
d. The Athenian Period
2. What descriptive name has been given to the Athenian civilization of the last half of the fifth century
B.C.E.?
a. The Age of Philosophy
b. The Golden Age of Greece
c. The Age of Drama
d. The Mythological Period
3. What is the subject of the frieze on the Altar to Zeus at Pergamum?
a. The battle of the gods and giants
b. The creation of the world
c. The rise to power of Alexander the Great
d. The war between Athens and Sparta
4. What name is given to the period of history following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E.
(and until the rise of the Roman Empire)?
a. The Doric Period
b. The Delian Period
c. The Peloponnesian Period
d. The Hellenistic Period
5. What does Plato illustrate in his Allegory of the Cave?
a. The destruction of the natural world
b. The limits of human sense perception
c. The importance of traditional religion
d. The value of supporting the visual arts
6. What accounts for the powerful position of Athens during the first half of the Classical period?
a. Athenians' superior skill in craftsmanship
b. Athens's assistance in defeating the Persians
c. Athens's highly developed system of trade routes
d. Athenians' rejections of religious worship in favor of more practical concerns
7. Who introduced the idea of catharsis in the analysis of drama?
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Socrates
d. Pythagoras
8. What was the cause of the Peloponnesian War?
a. The abduction of Helen
b. The humiliation of Philip of Macedon
c. The murder of Clytemnestra
d. Athens's use of the Delian League's treasury
9. Which political leader is most associated with the achievements of the Athenian Golden Age?
a. Sophocles
b. Doryphoros
c. Pericles
d. Aeschylus
10. What was the primary function of the chorus in Sophocles' plays?
a. To sing praise to the gods
b. To provide a commentary upon a drama
c. To interject comic episodes into a tragic play
d. To help forward the action of the plot
11. Who was the first important Athenian tragic dramatist (author of the Oresteia trilogy)?
a. Sophocles
b. Euripides
c. Aeschylus
d. Sappho
12. Who was the author of Antigone and Oedipus the King?
a. Scopas
b. Aeschylus
c. Sophocles
d. Thucydides
13. Which Greek dramatist showed the most sympathy for the problems of women?
a. Sophocles
b. Euripides
c. Socrates
d. Polynices
14. Who was the greatest Greek author of comedy plays?
a. Sophocles
b. Phidias
c. Aristophanes
d. Euripides
15. What events do Plato's works the Apology, the Crito, and Phaedo record?
a. Socrates' final days
b. The Peloponnesian War
c. The Alexandrian Wars
d. The teachings of Ptolemy
16. What school did Aristotle found in 335 B.C.E.?
a. The Parthenon
b. The Acropolis
c. The Lyceum
d. The Academy
17. According to Aristotle, what caused the downfall of tragic heroes?
a. The petty bickering of the gods
b. A character flaw or miscalculation
c. The deceit of family members
d. Ignorance or lack of information
18. What was the subject of the Canon by Polyclitus?
a. a mathematical formula for human proportions
b. a design for a previously unknown weapon
c. the proportions of celestial bodies
d. the makeup of the ideal state
19. How did the Peloponnesian War influence the plays of Euripides?
a. He wrote comedies to lighten the post-war mood
b. He wrote mythological plays that offered an escape from reality
c. He wrote propagandistic plays that promoted Greek leaders
d. He wrote realistic plays that dealt with the consequences of war
20. What was the relationship between religion and theater in Classical Greece?
a. It provided a model for right moral conduct.
b. Theater was considered to be a religious ritual.
c. Religious leaders opposed the decadence of the theater.
d. Dramatists relied on the ecclesia for material.
21. To whom was the Parthenon dedicated?
a. Apollo
b. Zeus
c. Athena
d. Minerva
22. Why was the nude statue of Aphrodite of Cnidus by Praxiteles important in the history of western art?
a. It was the largest statue ever created by the Greeks.
b. It marked the beginning of the female nude as a subject of art.
c. It was the smallest statue ever created by the Greeks.
d. It was the last statue in Classical Greece to examine the human figure.
23. Where were the centers of Greek art and learning in the Hellenistic Period?
a. Athens and Sparta
b. Alexandria, Pergamum, and Antioch
c. Troy and Attica
d. Miletus and Delos
24. What story was told by the Laocoön sculpture?
a. A boy steering a chariot into the sun
b. A nymph fleeing the god Apollo
c. A wicked god attempting to kill and eat his own children
d. A priest and his sons being strangled by sea serpents
25. Into which empire were the Hellenistic cities absorbed?
a. The Byzantine Empire
b. The Roman Empire
c. The Persian Empire
d. The Adriatic Empire
SHORT ANSWER – 6 points each
1. According to Aristotle, why did Oedipus deserve to suffer for his actions?
2. Why are Greek tragedies still read and performed?
3. What were the similarities between Plato's and Aristotle's views about music?
4. How did Hellenistic art differ from Classical art?
5. How did the actions of Athens create strife within the Delian League?
KEY TERMS – 1 points
1. ____________________ Directing council of the Athenian Assembly
2. ____________________ Female statues used as columns to support a roof
3. ____________________ According to Aristotle, the "cleansing of the soul"
4. ____________________ Daughter of Agamemnon; rescued by Artemis
5. ____________________ A term used by the Greeks for musical scales
6. ____________________ Character flaw or intellectual miscalculation in otherwise noble people that
causes their tragic fate.
7. ____________________ The main character in Euripides' The Suppliant Women.
8. ____________________ The lighthearted play that followed the trilogy of tragedies in the festival of
Dionysus.
9. ____________________ Traveling professional "philosophers" and teachers.
10. ____________________ A primitive system of justice which requires "blood for blood."
True / False Questions (1 point)
1. Pericles is the king who expanded the Hellenistic Empire to its greatest territory.
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2. Sophocles wrote Oedipus the King.
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3. Thucydides wrote about the Persian Wars.
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4. Statues of young women that serve as supporting columns are called catharsis.
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5. Sparta and Athens were involved in the Peloponnesian War.
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6. Philip of Macedon was the father of Alexander the Great.
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7. Plato was Socrates’ student and the author of The Republic.
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8. The chief religious shrine of Athens is the Altar of Zeus.
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9. Aristophanes is best known for writing comedies.
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10. In ancient Greek tragedies, actors wore realistic costumes.
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