Question 1

The Hellenistic Age dates from

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

Question 2

This age is called Hellenistic because it

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A)  is neither Greek nor Roman.
B)  covered a time period during which the Greeks dominated the Mediterranean world.
C)  was more Persian than Greek.
D)  was heavily influenced by Hellenic culture. D

Question 3

The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt prior to Egypt's entanglement with Rome was

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A)  Cleopatra.
B)  Ptolemy Soter.
C)  Seleucus.
D)  Antigonus. A

Question 4

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

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Question 5

Hellenistic temples were characterized by their

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A)  small sizes.
B)  plain decorations.
C)  tall,slender columns with decorated capitals.
D)  raised platforms and many-stepped entrances.

Question 6

A key principle of Stoicism was the

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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 7

Altars can be described as

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A)  having existed even before temples.
B)  being simple slabs,in the beginning.
C)  becoming larger and more widespread during the Hellenistic period.
D)  All these answers are correct.

Question 8

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

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Question 9

New Comedy reflected and appealed most directly to the

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A)  middle class.
B)  poorer classes.
C)  aristocracy.
D)  non-Greek and non-Macedonian masses.

Question 10

Hellenistic sculpture usually depicted

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A)  serenity.
B)  order and symmetry.
C)  idealized emotion.
D)  realism.

Question 11

The favorite subject of New Comedy was

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A)  political satire.
B)  comic romances.
C)  slapstick comedies.
D)  burlesques of Greek tragedies.

Question 12

Neoclassicism swept the Hellenistic world

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A)  at the height of the military power of the three major kingdoms.
B)  as the Hellenistic kingdoms began to crumble during Rome's rise.
C)  in response to the development of Alexander's new cities.
D)  as international trade improved and spread the works of classical Greece.

Question 13

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

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Question 14

Hellenistic philosophies often encouraged a type of self-sufficiency called

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

Question 15

________ taught that the best life is lived withdrawn from the world,cultivating simple pleasures and avoiding fame,power,and wealth.

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

Question 16

The primary form of government in the Hellenistic world was

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A)  oligarchic rule by aristocratic families.
B)  democratic rule by the people.
C)  military dictatorship.
D)  theocratic kingship.

Question 17

One of the goals of Hellenistic philosophy was ataraxia,which can be defined as a

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A)  sense of being above the cares of the world.
B)  belief that salvation will be given in an afterlife.
C)  feeling of belonging to a select group of saved souls.
D)  conviction of being in the hands of Fate.

Question 18

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

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Question 19

All of the following are legacies of Hellenistic civilization EXCEPT

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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

Question 20

Hellenistic women found new freedom in their ability to

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A)  conduct their own legal and economic affairs.
B)  work in the liberal arts and professions.
C)  make charitable bequests and erect impressive gravestones.
D)  All these answers are correct.

Exam 4: The Hellenistic World