Question 1

All of the following are true about the cult of Isis except

Accepted Answer

A) it originated in the eastern Persian empire, an outgrowth of Zoroastrianism. 
B) it was one of the most popular of the mystery religions. 
C) she was associated with the giver of laws and letters to humankind. 
D) her cult promised an eternal life. 
E) she supposedly invented the marriage contract between husband and wife. 
A) it originated in the eastern Persian empire, an outgrowth of Zoroastrianism. 
B) it was one of the most popular of the mystery religions. 
C) she was associated with the giver of laws and letters to humankind. 
D) her cult promised an eternal life. 
E) she supposedly invented the marriage contract between husband and wife.

Question 2

The mystery cults and religions of the Hellenistic world

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A) were completely foreign and thus unacceptable to the Greeks. 
B) helped pave the way for the success of Christianity. 
C) never achieved widespread popularity due to their inability to fulfill people's spiritual needs. 
D) lacked an emotional initiation experience, unlike the Greek civic cults. 
E) became the state religions of the various Hellenistic kingdoms. 
A) were completely foreign and thus unacceptable to the Greeks. 
B) helped pave the way for the success of Christianity. 
C) never achieved widespread popularity due to their inability to fulfill people's spiritual needs. 
D) lacked an emotional initiation experience, unlike the Greek civic cults. 
E) became the state religions of the various Hellenistic kingdoms.

Question 3

Scholarship on the legacy of Alexander the Great has suggested he sought

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A) to emulate the Homeric warrior-hero Achilles. 
B) to create a new ruling class in which only Greeks would attain positions of political authority. 
C) to refuse divine status, despite requests by his subjects to vote him a living god. 
D) encouraged rural development and prohibited the establishment of new cities for fear of rebellion by newly conquered peoples. 
E) All of the above. 
A) to emulate the Homeric warrior-hero Achilles. 
B) to create a new ruling class in which only Greeks would attain positions of political authority. 
C) to refuse divine status, despite requests by his subjects to vote him a living god. 
D) encouraged rural development and prohibited the establishment of new cities for fear of rebellion by newly conquered peoples. 
E) All of the above.

Question 4

define the following term:
-Attalids and Pergamum

Accepted Answer

The Attalids were a prominent Hellenisti

Question 5

Who was credited with having been the first to separate medicine from philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A) Hippocrates. 
B) Euclid. 
C) Aristotle. 
D) Herophilus. 
E) Erasistratus. 
A) Hippocrates. 
B) Euclid. 
C) Aristotle. 
D) Herophilus. 
E) Erasistratus.

Question 6

Alexander of Macedonia personally killed the Persian king Darius III soon after the Battle of Guagamela.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In what ways did the life and legacy of Alexander of Macedonia both initiate a break with the past promote a continuation of earlier values and practices?

Accepted Answer

The life and legacy of Alexander of Mace

Question 8

define the following term:
-Judas Maccabaeus

Accepted Answer

Judas Maccabaeus was a Jewish military l

Question 9

define the following term:
-Hippocrates

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physici

Question 10

Who wrote the treatise, "On Chastity"?

Accepted Answer

A) Sappho. 
B) Hippocrates. 
C) Phintys. 
D) Cyme. 
E) Phile of Priene. 
A) Sappho. 
B) Hippocrates. 
C) Phintys. 
D) Cyme. 
E) Phile of Priene.

Question 11

The best example of Hellenistic 'New Comedy' was the Athenian playwright

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A) Aristophanes. 
B) Menander. 
C) Euripides. 
D) Aeschylus. 
E) Polybius. 
A) Aristophanes. 
B) Menander. 
C) Euripides. 
D) Aeschylus. 
E) Polybius.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is untrue concerning Hellenistic culture?

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A) It was a great period of literature, especially in drama, history, and biography. 
B) It was a period that saw the need to preserve the writings of the classical Greeks. 
C) Sculptors and architects could very easily find work in the new Hellenistic cities. 
D) Artists remained social outcasts, and were rarely patronized by the rich. 
E) Hellenist sculpture was often more realistic and emotional than classical Greek sculpture. 
A) It was a great period of literature, especially in drama, history, and biography. 
B) It was a period that saw the need to preserve the writings of the classical Greeks. 
C) Sculptors and architects could very easily find work in the new Hellenistic cities. 
D) Artists remained social outcasts, and were rarely patronized by the rich. 
E) Hellenist sculpture was often more realistic and emotional than classical Greek sculpture.

Question 13

define the following term:
-Theocritus

Accepted Answer

Theocritus was a Greek poet who lived in

Question 14

Discuss the major characteristics of Hellenistic cities. How did these urban centers differ from the Greek city-states of the classical era?

Accepted Answer

Hellenistic cities were characterized by

Question 15

What was the greatest difference between education during the Hellenistic period and education during the classical period?

Accepted Answer

A) Rather than being a private enterprise, Hellenistic education became a duty of cities and their governments. 
B) Poor and middle-class Greeks alike were allowed to go to Hellenistic schools. 
C) The core curriculum became music and art rather than history, rhetoric, and philosophy. 
D) The elective systems was first introduced, allowing students to choose the subject matter they preferred over any set, classical curriculum. 
E) Educational establishments were completely under the control of religious bodies and institutions. 
A) Rather than being a private enterprise, Hellenistic education became a duty of cities and their governments. 
B) Poor and middle-class Greeks alike were allowed to go to Hellenistic schools. 
C) The core curriculum became music and art rather than history, rhetoric, and philosophy. 
D) The elective systems was first introduced, allowing students to choose the subject matter they preferred over any set, classical curriculum. 
E) Educational establishments were completely under the control of religious bodies and institutions.

Question 16

The greatest trade product in the Hellenistic world was

Accepted Answer

A) gold. 
B) timber. 
C) grain. 
D) wines. 
E) spices. 
A) gold. 
B) timber. 
C) grain. 
D) wines. 
E) spices.

Question 17

Did women's lives improve during the Hellenistic Era? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

During the Hellenistic Era, women's live

Question 18

At the Battle of Chaeronea (338 B.C.E.), Philip II

Accepted Answer

A) was killed, leaving Alexander in control of Greece. 
B) drove the Persian navy out of the Aegean Sea. 
C) unified Macedon for the first time in its history. 
D) suffered a humiliating defeat. 
E) defeated the Greek poleis, ending their independence. 
A) was killed, leaving Alexander in control of Greece. 
B) drove the Persian navy out of the Aegean Sea. 
C) unified Macedon for the first time in its history. 
D) suffered a humiliating defeat. 
E) defeated the Greek poleis, ending their independence.

Question 19

After the death of Alexander the Great, his lead general, Ptolemy, ruled for fifteen years in Alexander's name from Bactria to Macedonia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A) tremendous innovations in labor-saving machinery, as with the "Archimedean screw." 
B) a significant shift in industry and manufacturing from Greece to the east. 
C) little variety in products used for trading. 
D) the virtual disappearance of slavery in manufacturing. 
E) the Athenian control of all economic activities. 
A) tremendous innovations in labor-saving machinery, as with the "Archimedean screw." 
B) a significant shift in industry and manufacturing from Greece to the east. 
C) little variety in products used for trading. 
D) the virtual disappearance of slavery in manufacturing. 
E) the Athenian control of all economic activities.

Exam 4: The Hellenistic World

All of the following are true about the cult of Isis except

The mystery cults and religions of the Hellenistic world

Scholarship on the legacy of Alexander the Great has suggested he sought

define the following term: -Attalids and Pergamum

Who was credited with having been the first to separate medicine from philosophy?

Alexander of Macedonia personally killed the Persian king Darius III soon after the Battle of Guagamela.

In what ways did the life and legacy of Alexander of Macedonia both initiate a break with the past promote a continuation of earlier values and practices?

define the following term: -Judas Maccabaeus

define the following term: -Hippocrates

Who wrote the treatise, "On Chastity"?

The best example of Hellenistic 'New Comedy' was the Athenian playwright

Which of the following statements is untrue concerning Hellenistic culture?

define the following term: -Theocritus

Discuss the major characteristics of Hellenistic cities. How did these urban centers differ from the Greek city-states of the classical era?

What was the greatest difference between education during the Hellenistic period and education during the classical period?

The greatest trade product in the Hellenistic world was

Did women's lives improve during the Hellenistic Era? Why or why not?

At the Battle of Chaeronea (338 B.C.E.), Philip II

After the death of Alexander the Great, his lead general, Ptolemy, ruled for fifteen years in Alexander's name from Bactria to Macedonia.

The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by

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