Deck 3: Classical Greece and the Hellenistic Period

Question 1

Who introduced the idea of catharsis in the analysis of drama?

A)Aristotle
B)Plato
C)Socrates
D)Pythagoras

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Who was the first important Athenian tragic dramatist author of the Oresteia trilogy)?

A)Sophocles
B)Euripides
C)Aeschylus
D)Sappho

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Who was the author of Antigone and Oedipus the King?

A)Scopas
B)Aeschylus
C)Sophocles
D)Thucydides

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What does Plato illustrate in his Allegory of the Cave?

A)The destruction of the natural world
B)The limits of human sense perception
C)The importance of traditional religion
D)The value of supporting the visual arts

Question 5

What was the primary function of the chorus in Sophocles' plays?

A)To sing praise to the gods
B)To provide a commentary upon a drama
C)To interject comic episodes into a tragic play
D)To help forward the action of the plot

Question 6

What accounts for the powerful position of Athens during the first half of the Classical period?

A)Athenians' superior skill in craftsmanship
B)Athens's assistance in defeating the Persians
C)Athens's highly developed system of trade routes
D)Athenians' rejections of religious worship in favor of more practical concerns

Question 7

What school did Aristotle found in 335 B.C.E.?

A)The Parthenon
B)The Acropolis
C)The Lyceum
D)The Academy

Question 8

Which Greek dramatist showed the most sympathy for the problems of women?

A)Sophocles
B)Euripides
C)Socrates
D)Polynices

Question 9

What was the cause of the Peloponnesian War?

A)The abduction of Helen
B)The humiliation of Philip of Macedon
C)The murder of Clytemnestra
D)Athens's use of the Delian League's treasury

Question 10

How did the Peloponnesian War influence the plays of Euripides?

A)He wrote comedies to lighten the post-war mood
B)He wrote mythological plays that offered an escape from reality
C)He wrote propagandistic plays that promoted Greek leaders
D)He wrote realistic plays that dealt with the consequences of war

Question 11

Who was the greatest Greek author of comedy plays?

A)Sophocles
B)Phidias
C)Aristophanes
D)Euripides

Question 12

What was the subject of the Canon by Polyclitus?

A)a mathematical formula for human proportions
B)a design for a previously unknown weapon
C)the proportions of celestial bodies
D)the makeup of the ideal state

Question 13

What was the relationship between religion and theater in Classical Greece?

A)It provided a model for right moral conduct.
B)Theater was considered to be a religious ritual.
C)Religious leaders opposed the decadence of the theater.
D)Dramatists relied on the ecclesia for material.

Question 14

What name is given to the period of history following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E.and until the rise of the Roman Empire)?

A)The Doric Period
B)The Delian Period
C)The Peloponnesian Period
D)The Hellenistic Period

Question 15

What name is given to the period of Greek history between the Persian Wars and the death of Alexander the Great?

A)The Hellenistic Period
B)The Alexandrian Period
C)The Classical Period
D)The Athenian Period

Question 16

What descriptive name has been given to the Athenian civilization of the last half of the fifth century B.C.E.?

A)The Age of Philosophy
B)The Golden Age of Greece
C)The Age of Drama
D)The Mythological Period

Question 17

What is the subject of the frieze on the Altar to Zeus at Pergamum?

A)The battle of the gods and giants
B)The creation of the world
C)The rise to power of Alexander the Great
D)The war between Athens and Sparta

Question 18

According to Aristotle, what caused the downfall of tragic heroes?

A)The petty bickering of the gods
B)A character flaw or miscalculation
C)The deceit of family members
D)Ignorance or lack of information

Question 19

Which political leader is most associated with the achievements of the Athenian Golden Age?

A)Sophocles
B)Doryphoros
C)Pericles
D)Aeschylus

Question 20

What events do Plato's works the Apology, the Crito, and Phaedo record?

A)Socrates' final days
B)The Peloponnesian War
C)The Alexandrian Wars
D)The teachings of Ptolemy

Question 21

What were the similarities between Plato's and Aristotle's views about music?

Question 22

_______________________ Character flaw or intellectual miscalculation in otherwise noble people that causes their tragic fate.

Question 23

_______________________ Female statues used as columns to support a roof

Question 24

_______________________ According to Aristotle, the "cleansing of the soul"

Question 25

Where were the centers of Greek art and learning in the Hellenistic Period?

A)Athens and Sparta
B)Alexandria, Pergamum, and Antioch
C)Troy and Attica
D)Miletus and Delos

Question 26

What story was told by the Laocoön sculpture?

A)A boy steering a chariot into the sun
B)A nymph fleeing the god Apollo
C)A wicked god attempting to kill and eat his own children
D)A priest and his sons being strangled by sea serpents

Question 27

Why are Greek tragedies still read and performed?

Question 28

_______________________ Directing council of the Athenian Assembly

Question 29

_______________________ A primitive system of justice which requires "blood for blood."

Question 30

Why was the nude statue of Aphrodite of Cnidus by Praxiteles important in the history of western art?

A)It was the largest statue ever created by the Greeks.
B)It marked the beginning of the female nude as a subject of art.
C)It was the smallest statue ever created by the Greeks.
D)It was the last statue in Classical Greece to examine the human figure.

Question 31

How did Hellenistic art differ from Classical art?

Question 32

To whom was the Parthenon dedicated?

A)Apollo
B)Zeus
C)Athena
D)Minerva

Question 33

_______________________ Traveling professional "philosophers" and teachers.

Question 34

According to Aristotle, why did Oedipus deserve to suffer for his actions?

Question 35

_______________________ The lighthearted play that followed the trilogy of tragedies in the festival of Dionysus.

Question 36

_______________________ The main character in Euripides' The Suppliant Women.

Question 37

How did the actions of Athens create strife within the Delian League?

Question 38

Into which empire were the Hellenistic cities absorbed?

A)The Byzantine Empire
B)The Roman Empire
C)The Persian Empire
D)The Adriatic Empire
3 points each)

Question 39

_______________________ Daughter of Agamemnon; rescued by Artemis

Question 40

_______________________ A term used by the Greeks for musical scales