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Classical Greek Culture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The major gods and goddesses of the Greeks were believed to live on ____________________.

a)

Mt. Olympus

b)

Mt. Wannahakalugy

c)

Mt. Hope

d)

Mt. St. Helen

2.

Socrates’ most famous student was named ____________________.

a)

Alexander

b)

Xeres

c)

Plato

d)

Leonidas

3.

The most famous building on the Acropolis in Athens is the ____________________.

a)

Acropolis

b)

Pangaea

c)

Agora

d)

Parthenon

4.

One of the subjects that Aristotle wrote about was ____________________, or the study of moral principles.

a)

philosophy

b)

ethics

c)

sociology

d)

arithmetic

5.

The god associated with the most famous oracle in ancient Greece was ____________________.

a)

Athena

b)

Apollo

c)

Helen

d)

Zeus

6.

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.

7.

Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

a)

Euripides

b)

Aeschylus

c)

Sophocles

d)

Aristophanes

8.

According to Plato, a good life can only be achieved if a person

a)

lives in a just and rational state.

b)

is ruled by a kind and fair monarch.

c)

lives a moral and pious life.

d)

strictly follows a vegetarian diet.

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.

Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the first

a)

novel.

b)

tragedy.

c)

comedy.

d)

real history in Western civilization.