Deck 2: The Rise of Greece

Question 1

What impact did the tyrants have on Greek society?

A)They crushed the Republic.
B)They supported the arts.
C)They developed the state laws.
D)They destroyed public property in an attempt to destabilize the government.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which artist's work represents a breakthrough in black-figure painting?

A)Euphronios
B)Protagoras
C)Exekias
D)Kletias

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What was an important basis for Corinth's political and economic strength during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.E.?

A)engraved silver
B)cloth
C)pottery
D)slaves

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What was the polis?

A)The ruling class
B)The city-state
C)The city theater
D)Greek soldiers

Question 5

What kinds of information does painted pottery give us about early Greek culture?

A)It includes images from mythology, history, and everyday life.
B)It includes long passages of text from Homer and Sappho's writing.
C)It includes clear historical records about trade and warfare.
D)It includes allegorical depictions of Greek religious beliefs.

Question 6

Who are Achilles, Agamemnon, Hector, Patroclus and Priam?

A)The main characters in the Odyssey
B)Greek gods
C)The main characters in the Iliad
D)Greek philosophers

Question 7

What role did mythology serve in the lives of the Greeks?

A)Mythology was understood to represent an accurate and incontrovertible recounting of historical fact.
B)Mythology was understood to represent the direct word of God.
C)Mythology was understood to help humans understand their own lives.
D)Mythology was purely a vehicle for entertainment.

Question 8

What characterizes early Greek music?

A)It was instrumental, performed only for kings and nobility.
B)It was choral, performed by large groups at private concerts.
C)It was polyphonic, with several interweaving melodies.
D)It was monophonic, made up of single melodies.

Question 9

In Greek music, what was the doctrine of ethos?

A)Music should convey the moral values of the society.
B)Music can influence human behavior.
C)Music was associated with Dionysius and Aphrodite.
D)Music was a precious gift to humans from the gods.

Question 10

What two opposing aspects of Greek civilization were represented by Apollo and Dionysus?

A)Love vs.hate
B)Logic vs.emotion
C)Productivity vs.laziness
D)Joy vs.sorrow

Question 11

Who was the first known "author" in the history of western literature?

A)Homer
B)Herodotus
C)Darius
D)Pythagoras

Question 12

How did the Greek system of belief differ from Judaism and Christianity?

A)It involved formal worship ceremonies.
B)It was polytheistic.
C)It was based upon the worship of animals.
D)It was based upon spirit-possession ritual.

Question 13

What did the archaic smile signify?

A)That the subject was from the upper class
B)That the subject was a happy person
C)That the subject was a living human being
D)That the subject was a shepherd

Question 14

What is a mode?

A)a distinct scale type
B)a stringed instrument
C)a narrative song
D)a historical story

Question 15

What was the meander found on Greek geometric pottery?

A)A floral image
B)A crisscross pattern
C)A garland design
D)A maze pattern

Question 16

Which Greek god represented supreme good?

A)Zeus
B)Orpheus
C)Apollo
D)none of the above

Question 17

What was the region or state controlled by Athens?

A)Thebes
B)Sparta
C)Boetia
D)Attica

Question 18

Who is the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare?

A)Aphrodite
B)Athena
C)Sappho
D)Penelope

Question 19

By the eighth century B.C.E., what had become the principal subject of Greek art?

A)The female body.
B)The human body.
C)The figure of Apollo.
D)The figure of Zeus.

Question 20

What Greek epic poem recounts the story of Achilles and the Trojan War?

A)The Odyssey
B)The Iliad
C)The Aeneid
D)The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 21

According to Herodotus, why were the Persians defeated? What Greek word does Herodotus use for his explanation? What is the English translation of this word?

Question 22

How did the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey come into being?

Question 23

Which philosopher tried to explain all phenomena in terms of one or more material elements?

A)Thales
B)Anaxagoras
C)Pythagoras
D)Empedocles

Question 24

How did the Doric style differ from the Ionic style or order of architecture consider the base, capital, frieze)?

Question 25

How did the physical geography of Greece affect the development of the states?

Question 26

_______________________ Greek musical instrument.A seven-stringed lyre.

Question 27

Who was the first great Greek historian the "Father of History")?

A)Darius
B)Ptolemy
C)Herodotus
D)Augustus
3 points each)

Question 28

_______________________ The scales that formed the basis of the Greek system of music.

Question 29

_______________________ A hymn in a Greek tragedy.

Question 30

_______________________ Rectangular panels that alternate with triglyphs on a Doric frieze.

Question 31

_______________________ The first author of Greek epic poetry.

Question 32

Which philosopher believed that our world was subject to constant change "It is not possible to step into the same river twice")?

A)Democritus
B)Heraclitus
C)Zeno
D)Leucippus

Question 33

What is lyric verse?

A)Poetry which are accompanied by a lyre
B)Poetry which conveys personal feelings
C)Stories told through dance
D)Stories recounting the deeds of heroes, gods, and demigods

Question 34

_______________________ Greek double-reed musical instrument.

Question 35

_______________________ Draped, standing, female figure.

Question 36

_______________________Sculptures deeply carved out of a stone background.

Question 37

What are the causes of the many contradictions in Classical Greek mythology?

Question 38

Who was the first woman to leave a literary record of her personal feelings?

A)Xerxes
B)Helena
C)Augustina
D)Sappho

Question 39

_______________________ The underworld in classical Greek mythology.

Question 40

_______________________ Excessive pride and ambition.