ANCIENT GREECE

What is the most likely reason for including the first paragraph in the excerpt?

• A. To entertain the reader of the excerpt with a story of how a term is used

• B. To begin the excerpt with information that shows the author is intelligent

• C. To debate the value of using words with similar meanings within an excerpt

• D. To define a term the reader needs to understand in the remainder of the excerpt

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According to the excerpt, which trait is a requirement of leadership?

• A. Keeping the peace

• B. Having more ships than others

• C. Being a paramount chief

• D. Having the ability to persuade

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According to the excerpt, which person is a good warrior?

• A. Nireus because he is the most handsome man of the Greeks

• B. Peleus because he provides his son Achilles with good advice

• C. Agamemnon because he is the commander of a hundred ships

• D. Odysseus because he is one man that stands against many men

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What is the author’s most likely purpose for including the lines of poetry in paragraphs 3 and 6 of the excerpt?

• A. To document the journeys taken by two great chiefs

• B. To show that traits of honored chiefs were written about

• C. To explore why celebrated chiefs led controversial lives

• D. To share the personal beliefs of certain well-known chiefs

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Which of the following describes a main point made about chiefs in the excerpt?

• A. A chief’s status is passed from father to son.

• B. The young chief is less powerful than a king.

• C. A chief’s status depends on the strength of his following.

• D. The well-known chief Odysseus brags about raiding expeditions.

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Which of the following best supports the answer to Question 5?

• A. "A more appropriate name for the Dark Age basileus is the anthropological term ‘chief,’ which suggests a man with far less power than a king.”

• B. “As is common among chiefdom societies everywhere, the office and title of basileus passes from father to son.”

• C. “In Homer, as in many chieftain societies worldwide, a chief’s status is measured by the number of warriors who follow him.”

• D. “For instance, Odysseus (posing as a warrior-leader from Crete), describes how he made a raiding expedition into Egypt.”

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What does the phrase spoils of war mean as it is used in paragraph 8 of the excerpt?

“Reciprocity—mutual and fair exchange—which governs all social relationships in the Homeric world, is the core of the leader-people relationship. The giving and receiving should ideally balance one another. So, too, fairness is the rule in the apportionment of the spoils of war. Following a raid, the booty is gathered together. First the leader takes his share (and something extra as the leader’s ‘prize’) and, under his supervision, special rewards for valor are given out. The rest is then given to the men ‘to divide up, so that no one may go cheated of an equal share.’”

• A. Possessions taken by the winners

• B. Tactics used in a victorious battle

• C. Guidance provided to the people

• D. Destruction caused by fighting

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Which phrase from paragraph 8 of the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• A. “governs all social relationships”

• B. "core of the leader-people”

• C. “fairness is the rule”

• D. “the booty is gathered together”

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