Question 1

Among the following Greek deities, which did the Greeks consider to be the leader?

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A)   Hermes
B)   Zeus
C)   Athena
D)   ApolloE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 2

A major political change occurred, in the early Archaic Age, that

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A)   shifted power from the land owners to the peasants.
B)   made the kings more powerful than ever.
C)   put power into the hands of the noble families.
D)   allowed the slaves to serve in the government.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 3

What were the three key political developments of Archaic Greece?

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Question 4

The significance of the Persian Wars was that they

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A)   meant the triumph of the East over the West.
B)   ended the Golden Age of Greece.
C)   allowed Greek democratic institutions and humanistic values to continue to develop.
D)   led Greece to experience a century of peace.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C) C

Question 5

How did life in Sparta differ from life in Athens for women?

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Question 6

Minoan civilization eventually fell to the

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A)   Egyptians.
B)   Etruscans.
C)   Mycenaeans.
D)   Dorians.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Solon was

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A)   the leader of the Spartans in the Persian Wars.
B)   an Athenian admiral during the Persian Wars.
C)   an aristocrat who reformed the Athenian economy and social orders.
D)   one of the early Greek playwrights.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Who is the originator of the major conventions of epic literature?

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A)   Homer
B)   Hesiod
C)   Sappho
D)   ArchilocusE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Which of the following characterized the philosophers and scientists of Archaic Greece?

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A)   belief that human reason could understand the natural world
B)   belief that the deities controlled human events
C)   belief that the earth and the universe were completely unpredictable
D)   belief that mathematics was unrelated to the quest for knowledgeE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 10

The beauty of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, is the result of all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   graceful columns.
B)   mathematical proportions.
C)   a 1:2 ratio of its columns.
D)   the stylized and abstract quality of its statues.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above D

Question 11

Minoan religion exhibited which of the following key traits?

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A)   worship of a god of thunder
B)   human sacrifices
C)   worship of a mother goddess
D)   belief in a deity who resides within each human subjectE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Greeks of the Archaic Age were NOT bound together by a

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A)   common language.
B)   unified state.
C)   shared tradition of heroic stories and folk tales.
D)   standard set of myths and religious practices.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 13

The "humanities" are the

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A)   things that human beings do in any culture.
B)   beliefs that arise out of religious worship.
C)   original artistic and literary forms of the Greeks.
D)   attitudes and practices that make human beings more sympathetic to others.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 14

What was the significance of Homer for Greek civilization?

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Question 15

A frequent subject in Archaic Greek sculpture was

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A)   portrait busts.
B)   youths and maidens.
C)   scenes of everyday life.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Minoan civilization transmitted which legacy to Archaic Greece?

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A)   fortress-palaces
B)   ashlar-style construction
C)   legends and myths of gods and heroes
D)   imaginative literatureE) A) and B)
F) C) and D) C

Question 17

What were the central characteristics of Archaic Greek religion?

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Question 18

Named for King Minos, the Minoan civilization

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A)   had a simple class structure consisting of nobles and peasants.
B)   was based on a stable mercantile economy.
C)   was a society based on a military hierarchy.
D)   had high walls protecting its great palaces.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 19

Which of the following is true of the Greek colonies outside of the Greek mainland?

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A)   They gave the new middle class access to political power.
B)   They were expected to provide food and resources for their "mother cities".
C)   They were mostly concentrated in modern-day Turkey and Upper Egypt.
D)   Greek political institutions largely were not present in the colonies.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Which of the following features are common to the Doric temple style?

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A)   columns with undecorated capitals
B)   metopes
C)   triglyphs
D)   All these answers are correct.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 2: The Aegean: the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

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