Question 1

New Comedy, the style of comic drama during the Hellenistic period, was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  gently satirical scenes from middle-class life. 
B)  casual obscenity. 
C)  political criticism. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  gently satirical scenes from middle-class life. 
B)  casual obscenity. 
C)  political criticism. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 2

Which of the following Hellenistic sculptures depicts a genre subject?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aphrodite of Melos 
B)  Dying Gaul 
C)  Eros Sleeping 
D)  The Laocöon Group 
A)  Aphrodite of Melos 
B)  Dying Gaul 
C)  Eros Sleeping 
D)  The Laocöon Group

Question 3

What was the cultural legacy of the Hellenistic Age to the West?

Accepted Answer

The Hellenistic Age had a significant cu

Question 4

________ argued that nothing could be known for certain.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Theocritus developed the new literary genre called the

Accepted Answer

A)  epic. 
B)  pastoral. 
C)  sonnet. 
D)  novel. 
A)  epic. 
B)  pastoral. 
C)  sonnet. 
D)  novel.

Question 6

Compare and contrast the role of women in Hellenic and Hellenistic society. Explain the reasons for their similarities and differences.

Accepted Answer

In Hellenic society, women had limited r

Question 7

What did the Hellenistic Age contribute to science and technology? Identify the individual achievements of at least three major figures.

Accepted Answer

The Hellenistic Age made significant con

Question 8

A key principle of Stoicism was the

Accepted Answer

A)  identification of God with nature and reason. 
B)  belief in twin gods, a god of evil and a god of goodness. 
C)  belief in reincarnation. 
D)  assumption that the best way to live is separate from society. 
A)  identification of God with nature and reason. 
B)  belief in twin gods, a god of evil and a god of goodness. 
C)  belief in reincarnation. 
D)  assumption that the best way to live is separate from society.

Question 9

Hellenistic philosophies often encouraged a type of self-sufficiency called

Accepted Answer

A)  moral relativism. 
B)  arete. 
C)  autarky. 
D)  hubris. 
A)  moral relativism. 
B)  arete. 
C)  autarky. 
D)  hubris.

Question 10

Greek culture and society played which of the following roles in the Hellenistic world?

Accepted Answer

A)  They furnished the Hellenistic world with a common language. 
B)  Greece's city-states exerted political dominion over the Hellenistic world. 
C)  They set the religious standards of Hellenistic society. 
D)  Greece's city-state form of government became the Hellenistic ideal. 
A)  They furnished the Hellenistic world with a common language. 
B)  Greece's city-states exerted political dominion over the Hellenistic world. 
C)  They set the religious standards of Hellenistic society. 
D)  Greece's city-state form of government became the Hellenistic ideal.

Question 11

Hellenistic classicism shared with Hellenic classicism an

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasis on moral themes. 
B)  ideal that art should be expressed in simple terms. 
C)  ideal that art should be characterized by restraint. 
D)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  emphasis on moral themes. 
B)  ideal that art should be expressed in simple terms. 
C)  ideal that art should be characterized by restraint. 
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 12

Unlike Hellenic classicism, Hellenistic classicism was often characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  balance and harmony. 
B)  tranquility and restfulness. 
C)  simplicity and restraint. 
D)  eroticism and realism. 
A)  balance and harmony. 
B)  tranquility and restfulness. 
C)  simplicity and restraint. 
D)  eroticism and realism.

Question 13

The Hellenistic Age dates from

Accepted Answer

A)  500 BCE to 100 CE. 
B)  200 BCE to 31 BCE. 
C)  323 BCE to 31 BCE. 
D)  450 BCE to 200 BCE. 
A)  500 BCE to 100 CE. 
B)  200 BCE to 31 BCE. 
C)  323 BCE to 31 BCE. 
D)  450 BCE to 200 BCE.

Question 14

Compare and contrast Hellenic and Hellenistic comedy, noting playwrights, treatment of characters, and plots and themes.

Accepted Answer

Hellenic comedy refers to the comedic pl

Question 15

All of the following are legacies of Hellenistic civilization EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the shift in emphasis from cities to the rural countryside. 
B)  a new sense of multicultural tolerance. 
C)  divine-right kingship. 
D)  Roman art and literature.
Essay Questions 
A)  the shift in emphasis from cities to the rural countryside. 
B)  a new sense of multicultural tolerance. 
C)  divine-right kingship. 
D)  Roman art and literature.
Essay Questions

New Comedy, the style of comic drama during the Hellenistic period, was characterized by

Which of the following Hellenistic sculptures depicts a genre subject?

What was the cultural legacy of the Hellenistic Age to the West?

________ argued that nothing could be known for certain.

Theocritus developed the new literary genre called the

Compare and contrast the role of women in Hellenic and Hellenistic society. Explain the reasons for their similarities and differences.

What did the Hellenistic Age contribute to science and technology? Identify the individual achievements of at least three major figures.

A key principle of Stoicism was the

Hellenistic philosophies often encouraged a type of self-sufficiency called

Greek culture and society played which of the following roles in the Hellenistic world?

Hellenistic classicism shared with Hellenic classicism an

Unlike Hellenic classicism, Hellenistic classicism was often characterized by

The Hellenistic Age dates from

Compare and contrast Hellenic and Hellenistic comedy, noting playwrights, treatment of characters, and plots and themes.

All of the following are legacies of Hellenistic civilization EXCEPT

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam

The High Middle Ages

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism

Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought

The Age of Reason

Revolution, Reaction, and Cultural Response

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

The Age of Early Modernism

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism

The Contemporary World: Globalization, Terrorism, and Postmodernism

Filters

Exam 4: The Hellenistic World

New Comedy, the style of comic drama during the Hellenistic period, was characterized by

Which of the following Hellenistic sculptures depicts a genre subject?

What was the cultural legacy of the Hellenistic Age to the West?

________ argued that nothing could be known for certain.

Theocritus developed the new literary genre called the

Compare and contrast the role of women in Hellenic and Hellenistic society. Explain the reasons for their similarities and differences.

What did the Hellenistic Age contribute to science and technology? Identify the individual achievements of at least three major figures.

A key principle of Stoicism was the

Hellenistic philosophies often encouraged a type of self-sufficiency called

Greek culture and society played which of the following roles in the Hellenistic world?

Hellenistic classicism shared with Hellenic classicism an

Unlike Hellenic classicism, Hellenistic classicism was often characterized by

The Hellenistic Age dates from

Compare and contrast Hellenic and Hellenistic comedy, noting playwrights, treatment of characters, and plots and themes.

All of the following are legacies of Hellenistic civilization EXCEPT

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam

The High Middle Ages

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism

Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought

The Age of Reason

Revolution, Reaction, and Cultural Response

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

The Age of Early Modernism

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism

The Contemporary World: Globalization, Terrorism, and Postmodernism

Filters