Ancient Greece Quiz 7

Once the carvings on Greek buildings were completed, they were then

painted, often in bright reds and blues accented with gold leaf.

In contrast to the Doric style, which was massive, solid, and plain, the ____ order gave a slender, graceful, and ornate impression.

Ionic

Which of the following statements concerning the sophists is FALSE? -A number of lengthy and important written works by sophists have survived from the fifth century BCE. -The sophists contented themselves with teaching eager, paying pupils how to get by in the world rather than trying to understand that world. -The sophists rejected simple assumptions concerning topics like the connections between noble birth and true merit, the obligations owed to the gods, and the nature of law. -The sophists enabled ambitious young men to speak effectively for or against any issue, which combined with other elements of sophist teachings to cause Athenians to become suspicious of them.

A number of lengthy and important written works by sophists have survived from the fifth century BCE.

The part of a Greek city known as the _______ was principally a center for secular human activity, though the gods still had a place there.

Agora

The bond between an older lover and a younger beloved male, according to the Classical Greek view: -shored up the stability of society by encouraging each generation or half-generation to imitate the one that had gone before. -All of these responses are correct. -was seen as creating a bond that had value in the moral improvement both of the individual and society as a whole. -created an opportunity for younger males to gain a one-on-one education from prominent men in the community without the need for their teacher to be evenhanded to an entire class of students.

All of these responses are correct.

The Parthenon was devoted to which god or goddess?

Athena

The bulk of our knowledge about Classical Greece and the development of the polis during the later fifth century comes from:

Athens

Why did Athens pass a decree against Megara in c.432 BCE?

Because the Megarans were accused of harboring escaped slaves and of cultivating some sacred and undefined land in Attica

Which of the following was NOT a reason that the sophists came under official suspicion in Athens? -Because they were seen as challenging the existence of the gods and were thought to invite divine wrath upon the city and its inhabitants -Because their methods included teaching students to argue both sides of an issue, which looked to some like a moral relativism that undermined the distinctions between good and evil -Because they taught rhetoric -Because they taught a type of subjectivism that insisted that no one can tell another person what is real or true.

Because they taught rhetoric

The carved maidens whose sculptures are used to replace pillars on buildings like the Erechtheum are called:

Caryatids

Conflict between which two poleis in 435 BCE led to the breakdown of the Thirty Years' Peace?

Corcyra and Corinth

Which of the following observations about women's activities in the agora is TRUE?

Daily life for women was ideally indoors, and they were expected to remain largely silent if they were in public, so they had no direct activity in the agora.

Which trait of Greek society both fostered dynamic creativity and fragmented their world?

Diversity

_______ played a central role in the spiritual and intellectual life of the polis, with wealthy citizens vying for honor and acclaim by spending considerable sums training choruses and lengthy religious festivals involving multiple days because of it.

Drama

Which of the following fifth-century Greek intellectuals put forward the idea of a cosmogony based on the idea of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and argued that physical substances were produced when "love" and "strife" acted on these elements to combine them in various proportions?

Empedocles

Which of the following statements concerning Greek drama is FALSE? -Use of masks allowed a single actor to play multiple roles and, because of how they were shaped, enhanced acoustics. -Greek drama demanded serious intellectual work on the part of the audience and tended to spark lively dialogues about issues it raised. -Greek dramatists were limited in material due to restrictions such as the fact that violence was not permitted on stage. -Female roles in Greek drama were played by women.

Female roles in Greek drama were played by women.

Which of the following buildings were commonly found in the suburbs of Greek cities?

Gymnasiums and stadiums

Sophocles was unusual among Athenian dramatists because:

He challenged conventional mores about women, and particularly sympathized with their enforced inferiority in Greek society.

Which of the following fifth-century BCE intellectuals was not only the creator of the field of history but also a skilled storyteller who embedded stories of bizarre cultural practices into his narrative?

Herodotus

Which of the following observations about Herodotus is TRUE? -Herodotus was a typical Greek in many ways, but he also sought to undermine assumptions about the inferiority of non-Greek cultures and the low intellect of women. -Herodotus was a typical Greek in many ways, which is why his histories tended to emphasize the inferiority of non-Greek cultures like Persia, Egypt, and Callatian Indians. -Herodotus was anything but a typical Greek, and he wrote histories deliberately designed to upend cherished traditional Greek views on many fronts. -Herodotus was a typical Greek in many ways, but he felt society at large wasn't giving men enough credit for their careful deliberative approach to decision-making in everyday life.

Herodotus was a typical Greek in many ways, but he also sought to undermine assumptions about the inferiority of non-Greek cultures and the low intellect of women.

_________ proposed that the world was made up of tiny particles called atoma that could not be divided but which fell through a void, colliding with each other in various ways to form visible matter.

Leucippus and Democritus

Which of the following individuals was viewed by their contemporaries as the greatest sculptor of gods?

Phidias

Thebes, a Spartan ally, attacked which Athenian-allied polis in 431 BCE, finally marking an end to the Thirty Years' Peace between the Athenians and the Peloponnesians?

Plataea

Which polis did the Athenians besiege in 433-432 BCE because they refused to dismiss their Corinthian magistrates, turn away any future officials from Corinth, tear down their seaward fortifications, and give hostages to Athens as security? -Potidaea -Plataea -Corcyra -Megara

Potidaea

Which polis actually issued the declaration of war that marked the start of hostilities between Sparta and Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars?

Sparta

Which of the following statements about the combatants of the Peloponnesian War is FALSE? -The Athenians would consider a stalemate a victory, while Sparta needed something more. -Athens hoped to conduct much of the war at sea while the Spartans wanted to focus on land combat. -The Athenians had far greater financial resources than the Peloponnesians and a superior navy that included more than four hundred Athenian and allied ships. -The Spartans were fighting an essentially defensive war, the goal of which was to preserve the Peloponnesian League that the Athenians sought to destroy.

The Spartans were fighting an essentially defensive war, the goal of which was to preserve the Peloponnesian League that the Athenians sought to destroy.

A Greek temple was:

The private home of the divinity to whom it was dedicated.

The sculpted frieze running around the top of the exterior wall of the Parthenon probably shows:

The procession of the Greater Panathenic festival.

Which of the following was NOT a way in which sophists contributed to Athenian society? -The sophists smoothed over factionalism and dissension that had been creating sore points in Athenian society for generations. -Sophists taught only a small class of affluent students whose families could afford their fees, but unlike other types of equally restricted education the sophists questioned conventional beliefs. -The sophists offered to teach the skills of speaking and reasoning and the ability to dissect and demolish the arguments of political opponents, all of which were critical to the foundations of democracy. -Sophists were not bound by any particular religion, which allowed them to explore exercises in argumentation often central to today's higher education.

The sophists smoothed over factionalism and dissension that had been creating sore points in Athenian society for generations.

Which of the following characterizations of the Thirty Years' Peace is FALSE? -Some states enjoyed an ambiguous status, willing to side with whomever they thought would most benefit their polis. -The terms of the Thirty Years' Peace contained within them the seeds of war since it involved major states that all were lined up in opposing camps. -The terms of the Thirty Years' Peace forged a unity of purpose that held the promise of ending the conflict, had it not been for the battle between Corinth and Athens. -The polis was a prickly creature, sensitive to perceived slights to its honor and threatened diminution of its rank, making the likelihood that some polis would react to presumed insult with violence more likely.

The terms of the Thirty Years' Peace forged a unity of purpose that held the promise of ending the conflict, had it not been for the battle between Corinth and Athens.

Which of the following observations about Greek education is FALSE? -Elite girls, once they reached adolescence, married and had children, and their education continued at the hands of their husband's older female relatives, while adolescent boys entered into mentor-mentee relationships with older men that could and did include sexual intimacy. -The upbringing of boys and girls was designed to cultivate a different set of skills for men and for women, with no regard at all for the issues of social status or wealth. -Most education was informal and continued throughout life. -Poor children of both sexes were likely to learn farming and craft skills from their parents.

The upbringing of boys and girls was designed to cultivate a different set of skills for men and for women, with no regard at all for the issues of social status or wealth.

The principal contribution of Hippocrates of Cos and his followers was:

Their commitment to seeking rational explanations for natural phenomena, including exploring epilepsy and the impact of climate on health.

Which of the following statements about the agora in Athens is FALSE? -The agora was the site of law courts, altars, shrines, statues, inscriptions, fountains, drains, and trophies of war. -In addition to the permanent structures of the agora, there were also shops, bankers' tables, booksellers, wholesale merchants, schools, and people buying and selling the necessities of life. -The agora was the location of a temple that has survived the ravages of time better than the Parthenon, though it is not clear whether the temple was dedicated to Hephaestus or Theseus. -There was really only one building in the agora, and this was the Tholos, where the boule was housed and the official weights and measures were stored.

There was really only one building in the agora, and this was the Tholos, where the boule was housed and the official weights and measures were stored.

In the fifth century BCE, probably ______ of the citizens of Athens owned some rural property.

Three-quarters

Describing his method in recording speeches given by prominent figures in history, _______ claimed to write "what I thought the speakers must have said given the situations they were in, while keeping as close as possible to the gist of what was actually said."

Thucydides

The action of a Greek tragedy always took place within what time span?

Twenty-four hours

In Medea, Euripides used the tale of Jason, the celebrated leader of the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece, to:

Undermine traditional Greek views of what makes a hero.

The population of people actually living in the city of Athens was probably largely: -a mix of all social classes and statuses -artisans, the urban poor, and metics -the wealthiest citizens -the hoi agathoi and hoi mesoi

WRONG ANSWER -a mix of all social classes and statuses -the hoi agathoi and hoi mesoi

Which of the following observations about Greek education is FALSE? -While girls were seldom sent to school, it was common for most boys to go. -Greek states did not provide public schooling, which meant education was largely limited to those wealthy enough to pay for private tutoring. -Common subjects included music, basic reading and writing, and some math, but very little was offered in the way of natural science or what we would call social studies. -Parents sometimes had daughters instructed in reading and writing so they could manage household accounts or temple properties.

While girls were seldom sent to school, it was common for most boys to go.

In which particular arena of medicine did Hippocratic scholars have to rely upon speculation rather than careful observation?

gynecology and obstetrics

The spiritual focus of Athens was:

the Acropolis

Some of our best evidence about fifth-century Athens is:

the physical remains of buildings

Each polis:

was grounded in the rule of elite, free, male citizens over everyone else.

The Pnyx:

was the hillside where the assembly met, and it towered above the city