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Ancient Greece Quiz: Facts and Myths, Quizzes of Humanities

A quiz about ancient greece, testing the reader's knowledge on various aspects such as greek tragedy, mythology, democracy, philosophy, and daily life. It includes ten multiple-choice questions.

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Quiz 4 ANCIENT GREECE
1. Which of the following is not true regarding Greek tragedy?
A) Of the hundreds of plays written, only 44 survive.
B) The tragedians created new stories each year to entertain the festival attendees.
C) It served a religious function.
D) The drama relied on both individual actors and a chorus.
2. The Iliad is a work that describes events related to the:
A) founding of Minoan culture.
B) Mycenaean attack on the coastal city of Troy.
C) attack of the Dorians on Mycenae.
D) early battles of the Persian Wars.
3. A direct democracy is one in which
A) all citizens take part in making laws.
B) citizens make law through elected representatives.
C) all citizens have the right to vote.
D) women are accorded equal legal status with men.
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Quiz 4 ANCIENT GREECE

1. Which of the following is not true regarding Greek tragedy? A) Of the hundreds of plays written, only 44 survive. B) The tragedians created new stories each year to entertain the festival attendees. C) It served a religious function. D) The drama relied on both individual actors and a chorus. 2. The Iliad is a work that describes events related to the: A) founding of Minoan culture. B) Mycenaean attack on the coastal city of Troy. C) attack of the Dorians on Mycenae. D) early battles of the Persian Wars. 3. A direct democracy is one in which A) all citizens take part in making laws. B) citizens make law through elected representatives. C) all citizens have the right to vote. D) women are accorded equal legal status with men.

4. Which one of the following is NOT true of ancient Greek life? A) Each polis had its own language and religion. B) The city-states of Greece united against the Persians. C) Each polis had its own government, coinage, and military. D) The city-states of Greece were fierce rivals. 5. The pre-Socratic philosophers were searching for A) an ethical way of life. B) the basic "stuff" of nature. C) the meaning of virtue. D) the meaning of justice in society. 6. Socrates refused to escape from an Athenian jail because he A) hoped the jury would reverse its decision. B) felt he was too old to go into exile. C) refused to dishonor the laws of the polis. D) looked forward to rewards in the afterlife. 7. Plato's Theory of Forms conveys the idea that A) nature is ordered by the resolution of opposites. B) reality lies in a realm beyond sense perception. C) all truths are relative. D) reality lies in the objects of sense perception.