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Ancient Greece: Lesson 4

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a Greek city-state?
a)
Polis
b)
acropolis
c)
agora
d)
Parthenon
2.
Which Greek philosopher was famous for his questioning method in order to reveal truth?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
d)
Zeno
3.
Athens was the birthplace of what kind of political system?
a)
Democracy
b)
Aristocracy
c)
Tyranny
d)
Monarchy
4.
According to Greek mythology, where did the major gods live?
a)
In the Aegean Sea
b)
Mount Olympus
c)
At Delphi
d)
In the sky
5.
The Parthenon was built to honor ________.
a)
Zeus
b)
Medusa
c)
Athena
6.

Which philosopher wanted people to question their own ethics and morals?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

7.
Who wrote the Republic?
a)
Aritstotle
b)
Plato
c)
Socartes
8.
Aristotle believed that the only way to truly experience the world around us was through:
a)
Our senses
b)
Our reason
c)
Our knowledge
9.

The Greek sculptor Polyclitus believed that

a)

all sculpture should depict the gods.

b)

using proportions and mathematical ratios, the idea human form could be produced.

c)

the goal in sculpture was to produce a realistic image.

d)

only female artists should sculpt figures of women.

10.
The ancient Olympic games were to honor which god or gods?
a)
Zeus
b)
Hera
c)
Zeus & Hera
d)
Zeus, Poseidon, & Hades
11.
Who is the king of the Greek Gods?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Zeus
c)
Poseidon
d)
Hades
12.
A student of Socrates who wrote down many of his teachings
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Alexander the Great
13.
How did Socrates die?
a)
a disease
b)
made to drink poison
c)
in a war
d)
malaria in a jungle
14.

Who was a storyteller that told famous stories such as the Iliad and the Odyssey?

a)

Alexander

b)

Aristotle

c)

Homer

d)

Stoic

15.

A tragedy is

a)

a play about pain and suffering of life

b)

a play that was critical of Athenians

16.

Who were Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates?

a)

warriors

b)

political leaders

c)

poets

d)

philosophers

17.
Why was Socrates executed?
a)
He was poisoned
b)
He was blamed for corrupting the youth of Athens
c)
He used the Socratic Method
d)
He was old
18.

What was the name of Plato's book?

a)

The Republic

b)

The Democratic Society

c)

Plato's Greatest Hits

d)

The Philosophy of Plato

19.

Which statement about Aristotle is NOT true?

a)

He wrote a book called Politics

b)

His school was called Lyceum

c)

He preferred a combination of monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy

d)

He was Socrates' teacher

20.

Philosophers were known for their

a)

rituals

b)

cavalry

c)

rhetoric

d)

metic

21.

Who lived on Mount Olympus?

a)

Philosophers

b)

Gods and goddesses

c)

Soldiers

d)

Mrs. Morris

22.

What is the "Socratic method"?

a)

a way of learning to perceive the ideal eternal forms that exist in a higher world

b)

a strategy devised by Socrates for winning the Peloponnesian War.

c)

a method in which a teacher asks questions that help students find answers by using their own reasoning skills.

d)

a method of sculpting the ideal human form.

23.

The ancient Greeks considered religion

a)

unnecessary

b)

important only for men

c)

necessary to the well-being of the state

d)

a luxury best left to women