Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) Hippocrates 
B) Euclid 
C) Aristotle 
A) Hippocrates 
B) Euclid 
C) Aristotle

Question 2

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. 
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.

Question 3

How did Alexander's governance follow Greek principles? How did it differ? Why?

Accepted Answer

Alexander's governance followed Greek pr

Question 4

What role did the city of Alexandria itself have in the development of Hellenistic thought about the world, the body, or life itself?

Accepted Answer

The city of Alexandria played a signific

Question 5

What literary and intellectual traditions were imported from the Greek world into the Hellenistic world? What effect did they have on our knowledge of that world?

Accepted Answer

The Hellenistic world imported a wide ra

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) Hippocrates 
B) Asclepius 
C) Herophilus 
A) Hippocrates 
B) Asclepius 
C) Herophilus

Question 7

Describe the differences between Hellenistic Kingdom's responses to various religions in the Hellenistic world.

Accepted Answer

The Hellenistic Kingdoms had varying res

Question 8

The Alexandrian scholar Euclid's most famous achievement was which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Systematizing the study of geometry 
B) Calculating the earth's circumference 
C) Formulating and synthesizing the predominant elements in military science 
A) Systematizing the study of geometry 
B) Calculating the earth's circumference 
C) Formulating and synthesizing the predominant elements in military science

Question 9

How did the Peloponnesian Wars make the rise of Macedonia possible?

Accepted Answer

The Peloponnesian Wars weakened the majo

Question 10

How did Greek religion change during the Hellenistic period?

Accepted Answer

A) It changed to various kinds of emperor worship. 
B) Fertility gods took the place of the classical Greek gods. 
C) The Greeks became very receptive to the eastern religious mystery cults. 
A) It changed to various kinds of emperor worship. 
B) Fertility gods took the place of the classical Greek gods. 
C) The Greeks became very receptive to the eastern religious mystery cults.

Question 11

Describe Hellenistic practices of education.

Accepted Answer

During the Hellenistic period, education

Question 12

The most famous scientist of his era, Archimedes of Syracuse, was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT which?

Accepted Answer

A) Uniting the disciplines of science and philosophy 
B) Designing military devices to thwart siege attackers 
C) Creating the science of hydrostatics 
A) Uniting the disciplines of science and philosophy 
B) Designing military devices to thwart siege attackers 
C) Creating the science of hydrostatics

Question 13

The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by which of the following?

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 
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

Question 14

How were mystery religions different to Greek public religion?

Accepted Answer

Mystery religions differed from Greek pu

Question 15

How did Alexander take control of Macedonia after Philip II's death?

Accepted Answer

After Philip II's death, Alexander took

Question 16

Among the most ill-treated of Hellenistic slaves were which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

A) Those used in domestic service 
B) Those who worked in Egyptian gold mines 
C) Those who worked on the desert irrigation projects in Syria 
A) Those used in domestic service 
B) Those who worked in Egyptian gold mines 
C) Those who worked on the desert irrigation projects in Syria

Question 17

Which of the following statements concerning the emergence of the Macedonians is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

A) The early Macedonians were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements. 
B) The Macedonians were probably not Greek. 
C) The Macedonians organized themselves in city-states like their southern Greek neighbors. 
A) The early Macedonians were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements. 
B) The Macedonians were probably not Greek. 
C) The Macedonians organized themselves in city-states like their southern Greek neighbors.

Question 18

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. 
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.

Question 19

To what was Alexander's military success against the Persians in part attributable?

Accepted Answer

A) The chronic weakness of the Persian Empire 
B) Numerically superior force 
C) The role of Alexander's cavalry as a strike force 
A) The chronic weakness of the Persian Empire 
B) Numerically superior force 
C) The role of Alexander's cavalry as a strike force

Question 20

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium is best described how?

Accepted Answer

A) It was opposed by Hellenistic rulers who saw education as a threat to their power. 
B) It closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about proper education. 
C) It made no provision for physical education. 
A) It was opposed by Hellenistic rulers who saw education as a threat to their power. 
B) It closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about proper education. 
C) It made no provision for physical education.

Exam 4: The Hellenistic World

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

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

How did Alexander's governance follow Greek principles? How did it differ? Why?

What role did the city of Alexandria itself have in the development of Hellenistic thought about the world, the body, or life itself?

What literary and intellectual traditions were imported from the Greek world into the Hellenistic world? What effect did they have on our knowledge of that world?

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

Describe the differences between Hellenistic Kingdom's responses to various religions in the Hellenistic world.

The Alexandrian scholar Euclid's most famous achievement was which of the following?

How did the Peloponnesian Wars make the rise of Macedonia possible?

How did Greek religion change during the Hellenistic period?

Describe Hellenistic practices of education.

The most famous scientist of his era, Archimedes of Syracuse, was responsible for all of the following EXCEPT which?

The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by which of the following?

How were mystery religions different to Greek public religion?

How did Alexander take control of Macedonia after Philip II's death?

Among the most ill-treated of Hellenistic slaves were which of the following groups?

Which of the following statements concerning the emergence of the Macedonians is CORRECT?

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

To what was Alexander's military success against the Persians in part attributable?

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium is best described how?

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