Deck 2: Classicism: the Greek Legacy

Question 1

Dramatic festivals were held in Athens

A) every four years.
B) once a year.
C) twice a year.
D) monthly.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following schools of thought was NOT developed in the Hellenistic Age?

A) Sophism
B) Epicureanism
C) Stoicism
D) Cynicism

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The gods of ancient Greece were

A) thought to intervene in the lives of humans.
B) anthropomorphic figures.
C) believed to be eternal.
D) All of these answers are correct.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In Golden Age Athens, laws were made

A) by male landowners.
B) by adult males and females.
C) only by citizens who owned slaves.
D) by elected representatives.

Question 5

A landmark of the Hellenistic Age is the

A) Parthenon.
B) theater at Epidaurus.
C) Apollo Belvedere.
D) Calf-Bearer.

Question 6

The word "Hellenic" means

A) classical.
B) Athenian.
C) balanced.
D) Greek.

Question 7

The thinker who advanced the idea that reality lay in numerical proportion was

A) Thales.
B) Pythagoras.
C) Democritus.
D) Aristotle.

Question 8

Minoan and Mycenean civilizations arose in

A) Mesopotamia.
B) Asia Minor.
C) the Aegean Sea.
D) the Western Mediterranean.

Question 9

The word "marathon" derives from

A) the finale of the Greek games.
B) a leading Greek commercial city.
C) news of a Greek military victory over the Persians.
D) a type of Greek statuary.

Question 10

Alexander carried Hellenic culture as far east as

A) China.
B) India.
C) Japan.
D) Vietnam.

Question 11

In the Republic, Plato argues that ______ should govern.

A) philosopher-kings
B) elected representatives
C) well-educated males
D) religious leaders

Question 12

The two great epics of the Greeks, the Iliad and the Odyssey, feature

A) an analysis of Greek cosmology.
B) the heroes of the Trojan War.
C) the Persian attack on the Greeks.
D) the story of the birth of the polis.

Question 13

The name Herodotus is associated with the birth of

A) historical record-keeping.
B) the lost-wax process.
C) Athenian democracy.
D) naturalistic philosophy.

Question 14

Naturalistic philosophy was advanced by the theories of

A) Thales.
B) Democritus.
C) Pythagoras.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 15

The Analects of Confucius show a deep concern for

A) moral order.
B) filial piety.
C) the cultivation of character.
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 16

The origins of Greek drama are probably found in

A) religious celebrations.
B) enactments of Greek epics.
C) athletic games.
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 17

The so-called "Heroic Age" refers to the era that produced

A) Athenian democracy.
B) the Greek epics.
C) the Parthenon.
D) the Persian Wars.

Question 18

Aristotle's landmark contributions include all of the following EXCEPT

A) a treatise on ethics.
B) the framing of the syllogism.
C) the classification of plants and animals.
D) the invention of the dialectical method.

Question 19

Athens' Golden Age flowered shortly after the

A) Persian Wars.
B) Peloponnesian Wars.
C) conquest of Troy.
D) rule of Alexander the Great.

Question 20

The unfree laborers in Sparta were called

A) helots.
B) barbaros.
C) Hellenes.
D) Achaeans.

Question 21

The Parthenon is dedicated to

A) Pericles.
B) Plato.
C) Athena.
D) Olympia.

Question 22

What landmarks of Greek (Hellenic) culture would you consider the most significant examples of "Classicism"?

Question 23

How does the Greek legacy differ from that left by the ancient cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia?

Question 24

In what ways has classical Greece had a profound influence on the culture of the West? Use specific examples to

Question 25

Which of the following orders is NOT a program of ancient Greek architectural design?

A) Doric
B) Hellenistic
C) Ionic
D) Corinthian