Question 1

Talk about:
-the library in Alexandria

Accepted Answer

The library in Alexandria, also known as

Question 2

The widespread popularity of Stoicism and Epicureanism

Accepted Answer

A) demonstrated the renewed association of the happiness of individuals with the life of the polis . 
B) coincided with a growth of traditional Greek religious practices. 
C) suggested a new openness to thoughts of universality in the cosmopolitan Hellenistic states. 
D) amounted to proof of a growing homogenization of Greek thought. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) demonstrated the renewed association of the happiness of individuals with the life of the polis . 
B) coincided with a growth of traditional Greek religious practices. 
C) suggested a new openness to thoughts of universality in the cosmopolitan Hellenistic states. 
D) amounted to proof of a growing homogenization of Greek thought. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 3

Which of the following statements best describes Hellenistic cities?

Accepted Answer

A) They were small and governed by a military elite. 
B) They served as important centers of administration, most of which were dominated by Greeks and Greek culture. 
C) Their inhabitants spoke only their native tongue. 
D) They had a population of 10,000 and were dominated by a trading class. 
E) Most were ruled by non-Greeks. 
A) They were small and governed by a military elite. 
B) They served as important centers of administration, most of which were dominated by Greeks and Greek culture. 
C) Their inhabitants spoke only their native tongue. 
D) They had a population of 10,000 and were dominated by a trading class. 
E) Most were ruled by non-Greeks.

Question 4

After the Battle of Chaeronea (338 B.C.E.), the Greek city-states were required to take an oath of loyalty to Philip of Macedonia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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 6

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 7

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

Accepted Answer

A) was opposed by Hellenistic rulers who saw education as a threat to their power. 
B) was open to all classes of society except slaves. 
C) made no provision for physical education. 
D) was focused exclusively upon vocational training. 
E) closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about proper education. 
A) was opposed by Hellenistic rulers who saw education as a threat to their power. 
B) was open to all classes of society except slaves. 
C) made no provision for physical education. 
D) was focused exclusively upon vocational training. 
E) closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about proper education.

Question 8

Seleucus was especially active in founding new cities after Alexander's death.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is true of Jewish settlements in the Hellenistic period?

Accepted Answer

A) Jews used pagan temples as their places of worship. 
B) Jews were numerous in cities in Egypt, Asia Minor, and Syria. 
C) Jews were always denied political rights and treated more harshly than other resident aliens. 
D) Jews were never able to live by their own laws and their own judicial system. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) Jews used pagan temples as their places of worship. 
B) Jews were numerous in cities in Egypt, Asia Minor, and Syria. 
C) Jews were always denied political rights and treated more harshly than other resident aliens. 
D) Jews were never able to live by their own laws and their own judicial system. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 10

Talk about:
-Ptolemy II and Arsinoë II

Accepted Answer

Ptolemy II was a ruler of the Ptolemaic

Question 11

Why did Alexander of Macedonia's empire not last beyond his lifetime?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great, also known as Alexa

Question 12

Talk about:
-Herophilus and Erasistratus

Accepted Answer

Herophilus and Erasistratus were both an

Question 13

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

Accepted Answer

A) became despotic monarchies. 
B) rarely fought amongst themselves. 
C) included large numbers of non-Greeks in leadership positions. 
D) showed little innovation in their armies and military institutions. 
E) all disappeared by the second century B.C.E. 
A) became despotic monarchies. 
B) rarely fought amongst themselves. 
C) included large numbers of non-Greeks in leadership positions. 
D) showed little innovation in their armies and military institutions. 
E) all disappeared by the second century B.C.E.

Question 14

Who maintained that the only things that exist are atoms moving through the void?

Accepted Answer

A) Isocrates 
B) Plato 
C) Epicurus 
D) Zeno 
E) Isis 
A) Isocrates 
B) Plato 
C) Epicurus 
D) Zeno 
E) Isis

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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) to encourage rural development and prohibit the establishment of new cities for fear of rebellion by newly conquered peoples. 
E) All of these are correct. 
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) to encourage rural development and prohibit the establishment of new cities for fear of rebellion by newly conquered peoples. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 16

Talk about:
-Hanukkah

Accepted Answer

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of

Question 17

Which class of women achieved the most notable gains during the Hellenistic period?

Accepted Answer

A) lower class 
B) middle class 
C) upper class 
D) slaves 
E) working class 
A) lower class 
B) middle class 
C) upper class 
D) slaves 
E) working class

Question 18

Talk about:
-seige of Tyre

Accepted Answer

The siege of Tyre was a significant even

Question 19

The Greek god of healing, thought responsible for miraculous cures in the Hellenistic period, was

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

Talk about:
-Corinthian League

Accepted Answer

The Corinthian League was a military all

Talk about: -the library in Alexandria

The widespread popularity of Stoicism and Epicureanism

Which of the following statements best describes Hellenistic cities?

After the Battle of Chaeronea (338 B.C.E.), the Greek city-states were required to take an oath of loyalty to Philip of Macedonia.

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

Who wrote the treatise "On Chastity"?

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

Seleucus was especially active in founding new cities after Alexander's death.

Which of the following is true of Jewish settlements in the Hellenistic period?

Talk about: -Ptolemy II and Arsinoë II

Why did Alexander of Macedonia's empire not last beyond his lifetime?

Talk about: -Herophilus and Erasistratus

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

Who maintained that the only things that exist are atoms moving through the void?

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

Talk about: -Hanukkah

Which class of women achieved the most notable gains during the Hellenistic period?

Talk about: -seige of Tyre

The Greek god of healing, thought responsible for miraculous cures in the Hellenistic period, was

Talk about: -Corinthian League

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Exam 4: The Hellenistic World

Talk about: -the library in Alexandria

The widespread popularity of Stoicism and Epicureanism

Which of the following statements best describes Hellenistic cities?

After the Battle of Chaeronea (338 B.C.E.), the Greek city-states were required to take an oath of loyalty to Philip of Macedonia.

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

Who wrote the treatise "On Chastity"?

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

Seleucus was especially active in founding new cities after Alexander's death.

Which of the following is true of Jewish settlements in the Hellenistic period?

Talk about: -Ptolemy II and Arsinoë II

Why did Alexander of Macedonia's empire not last beyond his lifetime?

Talk about: -Herophilus and Erasistratus

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

Who maintained that the only things that exist are atoms moving through the void?

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

Talk about: -Hanukkah

Which class of women achieved the most notable gains during the Hellenistic period?

Talk about: -seige of Tyre

The Greek god of healing, thought responsible for miraculous cures in the Hellenistic period, was

Talk about: -Corinthian League

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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