Question 1

The Greek word eudaimonia refers to

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A) knowledge of the past. 
B) success in athletics. 
C) the good or flourishing life. 
D) balance in all things. 
A) knowledge of the past. 
B) success in athletics. 
C) the good or flourishing life. 
D) balance in all things.

Question 2

Why did fifth-century BCE Greeks NOT see themselves as at the mercy of the gods?

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A) They viewed their gods as benevolent,incapable of harming humans. 
B) They believed natural forces were knowable,not punishment from a god. 
C) They considered their fates to be of little interest to the gods. 
D) They ceased to believe in the gods following the Persian War. 
A) They viewed their gods as benevolent,incapable of harming humans. 
B) They believed natural forces were knowable,not punishment from a god. 
C) They considered their fates to be of little interest to the gods. 
D) They ceased to believe in the gods following the Persian War.

Question 3

According to Aristotle,one might attain the "good life" by

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A) studying the works of the great philosophers. 
B) balancing action between extremes of behavior. 
C) experimenting and formulating a hypothesis. 
D) discovering the essence of an individual. 
A) studying the works of the great philosophers. 
B) balancing action between extremes of behavior. 
C) experimenting and formulating a hypothesis. 
D) discovering the essence of an individual.

Question 4

Drama was originally associated with the cult of

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A) Mithras. 
B) Isis. 
C) Cybele. 
D) Dionysus. 
A) Mithras. 
B) Isis. 
C) Cybele. 
D) Dionysus.

Question 5

The chief occupation of typical Athenian citizens was

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A) military service. 
B) farming in the fields outside the polis. 
C) work in one of the building trades. 
D) the exercise of political duties. 
A) military service. 
B) farming in the fields outside the polis. 
C) work in one of the building trades. 
D) the exercise of political duties.

Question 6

Socrates and Plato share the notion that

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A) each individual defines his own reality. 
B) humans are capable of remembering the psyche's pure state. 
C) man is the measure of all things. 
D) all humans can become akin to the gods. 
A) each individual defines his own reality. 
B) humans are capable of remembering the psyche's pure state. 
C) man is the measure of all things. 
D) all humans can become akin to the gods.

Question 7

Explore the Hellenistic use of art as propaganda,using Lysippus's likeness of Alexander the Great and Epigonos's (?)Dying Gaul as primary examples.

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During the Hellenistic period, art was o

Question 8

Explore the relationship between Aristotle's Golden Mean and the Greek concepts of arête (see Chap.4)and eudaimonia.

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Aristotle's Golden Mean is the concept o

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true about Plato's idealistic Republic?

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A) Men only would inhabit the city. 
B) Citizens would be required to live in caves. 
C) The arts would be banned. 
D) Wine would be outlawed. 
A) Men only would inhabit the city. 
B) Citizens would be required to live in caves. 
C) The arts would be banned. 
D) Wine would be outlawed.

Question 10

Compare a Classical statue (Doryphoros)to a Hellenistic one (Apoxyomenos),focusing on form and effect.

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The Classical statue Doryphoros, also kn

Question 11

Argue for or against Pericles's decision to rebuild Athens' Acropolis based upon his rationale and the funding source.

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I would argue in favor of Pericles's dec

Question 12

Hellenistic sculpture can be equated with Aristotle's idea of catharsis because both

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A) portray brutal realism with characters. 
B) require figures in tragic circumstances. 
C) aim to elicit the viewer's emotional response. 
D) involve subjects in high social positions. 
A) portray brutal realism with characters. 
B) require figures in tragic circumstances. 
C) aim to elicit the viewer's emotional response. 
D) involve subjects in high social positions.

Question 13

The primary duty of women in Athenian society was to

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A) maintain their husbands' businesses in the agora. 
B) preside over their husbands' social activities. 
C) produce male offspring for their husbands' households. 
D) educate their children in reading and writing. 
A) maintain their husbands' businesses in the agora. 
B) preside over their husbands' social activities. 
C) produce male offspring for their husbands' households. 
D) educate their children in reading and writing.

Question 14

During Alexander's time there was a growing taste for representations of men and women

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A) with a quality of symmetria. 
B) in dreamy,contemplative moods. 
C) posed with contrapposto. 
D) at an imposing scale. 
A) with a quality of symmetria. 
B) in dreamy,contemplative moods. 
C) posed with contrapposto. 
D) at an imposing scale.

Question 15

Praxiteles's Aphrodite of Knidos maybe the first Greek sculpture to

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A) aspire to a physical ideal. 
B) impart sexual allure to the human form. 
C) represent a fully nude woman. 
D) represent a god in human form. 
A) aspire to a physical ideal. 
B) impart sexual allure to the human form. 
C) represent a fully nude woman. 
D) represent a god in human form.

The Greek word eudaimonia refers to

Why did fifth-century BCE Greeks NOT see themselves as at the mercy of the gods?

According to Aristotle,one might attain the "good life" by

Drama was originally associated with the cult of

The chief occupation of typical Athenian citizens was

Socrates and Plato share the notion that

Explore the Hellenistic use of art as propaganda,using Lysippus's likeness of Alexander the Great and Epigonos's (?)Dying Gaul as primary examples.

Explore the relationship between Aristotle's Golden Mean and the Greek concepts of arête (see Chap.4)and eudaimonia.

Which of the following statements is true about Plato's idealistic Republic?

Compare a Classical statue (Doryphoros)to a Hellenistic one (Apoxyomenos),focusing on form and effect.

Argue for or against Pericles's decision to rebuild Athens' Acropolis based upon his rationale and the funding source.

Hellenistic sculpture can be equated with Aristotle's idea of catharsis because both

The primary duty of women in Athenian society was to

During Alexander's time there was a growing taste for representations of men and women

Praxiteles's Aphrodite of Knidos maybe the first Greek sculpture to

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Exam 5: Golden Age Athens and the Hellenic World: The School of Hellas

The Greek word eudaimonia refers to

Why did fifth-century BCE Greeks NOT see themselves as at the mercy of the gods?

According to Aristotle,one might attain the "good life" by

Drama was originally associated with the cult of

The chief occupation of typical Athenian citizens was

Socrates and Plato share the notion that

Explore the Hellenistic use of art as propaganda,using Lysippus's likeness of Alexander the Great and Epigonos's (?)Dying Gaul as primary examples.

Explore the relationship between Aristotle's Golden Mean and the Greek concepts of arête (see Chap.4)and eudaimonia.

Which of the following statements is true about Plato's idealistic Republic?

Compare a Classical statue (Doryphoros)to a Hellenistic one (Apoxyomenos),focusing on form and effect.

Argue for or against Pericles's decision to rebuild Athens' Acropolis based upon his rationale and the funding source.

Hellenistic sculpture can be equated with Aristotle's idea of catharsis because both

The primary duty of women in Athenian society was to

During Alexander's time there was a growing taste for representations of men and women

Praxiteles's Aphrodite of Knidos maybe the first Greek sculpture to

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Mesopotamia: Power and Social Order in the Early Middle East

The Stability of Ancient Egypt: Flood and Sun

The Aegean World and the Rise of Greece: Trade,War,and Victory

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Emerging Empires in the East: Urban Life and Imperial Majesty in China and India

The Flowering of Christianity: Faith and the Power of Belief in the Early First Millennium

The Rise and Spread of Islam: a New Religion

Fiefdom and Monastery, pilgrimage and Crusade: The Early Medieval World in Europe

Centers of Culture: Court and City in the Larger World

The Gothic Style: Faith and Knowledge in an Age of Inquiry

Siena and Florence in the Fourteenth Century: Toward a New Humanism

Florence and the Early Renaissance: Humanism in Italy

The High Renaissance in Rome and Venice: Papal Patronage and Civic Pride

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The Reformation: a New Church and the Arts

Encounter and Confrontation: the Impact of Increasing Global Interaction

England in the Tudor Age: This Other Eden

The Early Counter-Reformation and Mannerism: Restraint and Invention

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