Deck 4: The Classical and Hellenistic Ages

Question 1

The start of the Persian wars and the end of the Peloponnesian war marks the

A) Dark Ages.
B) Classical Age.
C) Archaic period.
D) Hellenic era.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Greek alliance to defend against the Persians was known as the _____________.

Answer 2

Delian League

Question 3

Wine was always drunk undiluted.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The woman's zone was known as the gynaeceum.

Question 5

Greek religion during the Classical Era was _______

A) highly emotional
B) based on barter
C) doused on ritual
D) basically nonexistent

Question 6

Tragedy's origins likely lie in the worship of which god?

A) Zeus
B) Dionysus
C) Demeter
D) Hera

Question 7

The Greek cardinal sin, often translated as excessive pride, is _______

Question 8

Sophocles authored a famous retelling of which myth?

A) Jason and the Argonauts
B) The Odyssey
C) Oedipus
D) Isis and Osiris

Question 9

Hubris is erotic love.

Question 10

The Peloponnesian War lasted from

A) 100-94 bce
B) 431-404 bce
C) 100-103 ce
D) 603-592 bce

Question 11

Alcibiades was originally a native of ________________.

Question 12

Which city state defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War?

A) Miletus
B) Sparta
C) Ithaca
D) Ephesus

Question 13

Who wrote the History of the Persian Wars?

A) Herodotus
B) Thucydides
C) Aeschylus
D) Plato

Question 14

The _______________oath marked the onset of new physicians' careers.

Question 15

Which philosopher believed that humans were meant to strive for happiness?

A) Socrates
B) Plato
C) Aristotle
D) Solon

Question 16

_____________thought that our world was a pallid reflection of the world of Ideal Forms.

Question 17

Alexander the Great was from Greece.

Question 18

Alexander's conquest extended as far east as ___________.

Question 19

The Maccabean revolt was directed against

A) Alexander the Great.
B) the Seleucid leaders of Jerusalem.
C) the Babylonian king.
D) the Persian empire.