Question 1

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 2

Which of the following statements is untrue concerning Hellenistic culture?

Accepted Answer

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 3

Which of the following was not a major source of slaves in the Hellenistic world?

Accepted Answer

A)  citizens who could not pay their debts were sold into slavery. 
B)  children were sold into slavery by their parents. 
C)  prisoners of war became slaves of their captors. 
D)  persons kidnapped by pirates could be auctioned off as slaves. 
E)  persons whose parents were slaves. 
A)  citizens who could not pay their debts were sold into slavery. 
B)  children were sold into slavery by their parents. 
C)  prisoners of war became slaves of their captors. 
D)  persons kidnapped by pirates could be auctioned off as slaves. 
E)  persons whose parents were slaves.

Question 4

The Greek general who took Egypt after Alexander's death and converted it into the first Hellenistic kingdom was

Accepted Answer

A)  Ptolemy. 
B)  Brassius. 
C)  Seleucis. 
D)  Antigonis. 
E)  Bucephalus. 
A)  Ptolemy. 
B)  Brassius. 
C)  Seleucis. 
D)  Antigonis. 
E)  Bucephalus.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Aetolian and the Achaean leagues were

Accepted Answer

A)  military alliances of Greek cities. 
B)  formed primarily for social reasons. 
C)  located in central Greece and the Peloponnesus. 
D)  dominated by Athenian and Sparta representatives. 
E)  destroyed by Philip II. 
A)  military alliances of Greek cities. 
B)  formed primarily for social reasons. 
C)  located in central Greece and the Peloponnesus. 
D)  dominated by Athenian and Sparta representatives. 
E)  destroyed by Philip II.

Question 7

Which of the following statements about the Macedonians is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements. 
B)  They were probably not Greek. 
C)  They were an urban people organized in city states like the southern Greeks. 
D)  They never participated in the Olympic Games. 
E)  Philip II turned Macedonia into the chief power in the Middle East. 
A)  They were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements. 
B)  They were probably not Greek. 
C)  They were an urban people organized in city states like the southern Greeks. 
D)  They never participated in the Olympic Games. 
E)  Philip II turned Macedonia into the chief power in the Middle East.

Question 8

Hellenistic sculpture

Accepted Answer

A)  never portrayed human figures. 
B)  was influenced by Egyptian standardized forms. 
C)  followed the idealism of fifth century Greek classicism. 
D)  abandoned the Greek practice of sculpting female nude figures. 
E)  was more emotional and realistic than classical Greek sculpture. 
A)  never portrayed human figures. 
B)  was influenced by Egyptian standardized forms. 
C)  followed the idealism of fifth century Greek classicism. 
D)  abandoned the Greek practice of sculpting female nude figures. 
E)  was more emotional and realistic than classical Greek sculpture.

Question 9

The Alexandrian scholar Euclid's most famous achievement was

Accepted Answer

A)  systematizing the study of geometry. 
B)  calculating the earth's circumference. 
C)  formulating and synthesizing the predominant elements in military science. 
D)  transferring the capital of Hellenistic science from Athens to Alexandria. 
E)  inventing the Archimedean screw. 
A)  systematizing the study of geometry. 
B)  calculating the earth's circumference. 
C)  formulating and synthesizing the predominant elements in military science. 
D)  transferring the capital of Hellenistic science from Athens to Alexandria. 
E)  inventing the Archimedean screw.

Question 10

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 11

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 12

In the Hellenistic era, medicine

Accepted Answer

A)  entirely broke from using magical practices such as the use of amulets. 
B)  made radical advances due to the discovery of the germ theory of disease. 
C)  progressed due to the use of dissection and vivisection. 
D)  was seen as an acceptable product of divine wisdom and a viable substitute for any existing religion. 
E)  was mainly influenced by knowledge from China and India. 
A)  entirely broke from using magical practices such as the use of amulets. 
B)  made radical advances due to the discovery of the germ theory of disease. 
C)  progressed due to the use of dissection and vivisection. 
D)  was seen as an acceptable product of divine wisdom and a viable substitute for any existing religion. 
E)  was mainly influenced by knowledge from China and India.

Question 13

Improvements in trade and commerce in the Hellenistic world were greatly aided by all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  improvements in harbors. 
B)  revolutionary innovations in agriculture. 
C)  a money economy. 
D)  the development of major trade routes. 
E)  the emergence of a large merchant and artisan class. 
A)  improvements in harbors. 
B)  revolutionary innovations in agriculture. 
C)  a money economy. 
D)  the development of major trade routes. 
E)  the emergence of a large merchant and artisan class.

Question 14

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great

Accepted Answer

A)  saw himself as a descendant of Greek gods and heroes. 
B)  combined Greek and Persian practices to allow its administration. 
C)  allowed intermarriage between his soldiers and native Persian women. 
D)  a and c 
E)  a, b, and c 
A)  saw himself as a descendant of Greek gods and heroes. 
B)  combined Greek and Persian practices to allow its administration. 
C)  allowed intermarriage between his soldiers and native Persian women. 
D)  a and c 
E)  a, b, and c

Question 15

The mystery cults and religions of the Hellenistic world

Accepted Answer

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 16

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 17

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

Accepted Answer

A)  became despotic monarchies. 
B)  rarely fought amongst themselves. 
C)  combined Greek-Macedonians and Near Eastern natives in administrative positions. 
D)  showed little innovation in their armies. 
E)  all disappeared by the second century B.C.E. 
A)  became despotic monarchies. 
B)  rarely fought amongst themselves. 
C)  combined Greek-Macedonians and Near Eastern natives in administrative positions. 
D)  showed little innovation in their armies. 
E)  all disappeared by the second century B.C.E.

Question 18

Slavery was viewed as abnormal throughout the Hellenistic world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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 20

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.

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

Which of the following statements is untrue concerning Hellenistic culture?

Which of the following was not a major source of slaves in the Hellenistic world?

The Greek general who took Egypt after Alexander's death and converted it into the first Hellenistic kingdom was

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

The Aetolian and the Achaean leagues were

Which of the following statements about the Macedonians is correct?

Hellenistic sculpture

The Alexandrian scholar Euclid's most famous achievement was

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

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

In the Hellenistic era, medicine

Improvements in trade and commerce in the Hellenistic world were greatly aided by all of the following except

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great

The mystery cults and religions of the Hellenistic world

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

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

Slavery was viewed as abnormal throughout the Hellenistic world.

Who wrote the treatise, "On Chastity"?

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

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Exam 4: The Hellenistic World

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

Which of the following statements is untrue concerning Hellenistic culture?

Which of the following was not a major source of slaves in the Hellenistic world?

The Greek general who took Egypt after Alexander's death and converted it into the first Hellenistic kingdom was

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

The Aetolian and the Achaean leagues were

Which of the following statements about the Macedonians is correct?

Hellenistic sculpture

The Alexandrian scholar Euclid's most famous achievement was

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

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

In the Hellenistic era, medicine

Improvements in trade and commerce in the Hellenistic world were greatly aided by all of the following except

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great

The mystery cults and religions of the Hellenistic world

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

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

Slavery was viewed as abnormal throughout the Hellenistic world.

Who wrote the treatise, "On Chastity"?

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

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

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