Classic Classic Quiz 5th Century BC History by Simmy8 Simmy8 43 played - 12 yrs ago History quiz on the 5th Century BC QUIZ 24 QUESTIONS hard 1 The four great playwrights of the 5th Century BC are Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, AristophanesHomer, Plato, Socrates, AristotleZeus, Athena, Prometheus, OrionPythagoras, Empedocles, Hippocrates, Democritus 2 The "Father of Tragedy" is___________. HomerAeschylusHippocratesSocrates 3 Aristophanes was called "The Father of__________. HistoryWestern MedicineComedyTragedy 4 A war between the Greeks and the _________ began in 499 BC and lasted about 20 years EgyptiansPersiansSpartansFrench 5 Pericles introduces _____________ for all Athenian citizens allowing them to vote and participate in the administration of the state. DictatorshipSocialismCommunismDemocracy 6 Herodotus is known as the "Father of ____________. He wrote the account of the Greco-Persian wars from the vantage point in Asia Minor. HistoryTragedyComedyMedicine 7 Pythagoras is credited with the mathematical theorem called____________. The Hippocratic OathThe Pythagorean TheoryThe Socratic MethodThe Hypocricy Method 8 The followers of ___________ maintained that the earth rotates on an axis and moves in an orbit. PythagorasDemocritasSocratesHippocrates 9 Democritas declared that matter is composed of indivisible and indestructible ________. QuarksNeutronsAtomsElectrons 10 The mystical texts of the ___________ of Daoism and the ___________ of Hinduism were written down during the 5th Century BC. Old Testament, Rig VedaDaodejing, UpanishadsI Ching, Rig VedaOld Testament, I Ching 11 Siddartha Gautama left home to become a wandering ascetic. After a night of meditation he is 'enlightened' and becomes___________. BuddhaChristA leader of the Jain religionA leader of Daoism 12 The Athenians built the _____________, a temple to Athena. ColosseumOlympusParthenonCorinthian 13 Hippocrates founded a school of ___________ on the Greek island of Kos. PhilosophySophistsMedicineLaw 14 The three classical styles of columns in Greek architecture are ___________, ________, and ____________ Doric, Ionic, CorinthianSimple, Classical, OrnateDoric, Ionic, MoronicColumnar, Athenian, Olympian 15 Phidias sculpted a huge stature of the goddess ___________ to be the central feature of the Parthenon. ZeusAthenaApolloAphrodite 16 Myron sculpts ________________, an outstanding example of the Greek ability to suggest movement. A CharioteerThe ThinkerThe Discus ThrowerThe Javelin Thrower 17 Phidias created a massive statue of ____________ covered in gold and ivory, to stand in the temple at Olympia. ZeusApolloPoseidonAthena 18 When the Oracle at Delphi said that there was no-one wiser than Socrates, Socrates believed ______________. He was the most foolishPlato was wiserIt was a paradoxThat he was the wisest of all 19 A series of questions that are asked to draw out individual answers and to encourage insight is called the _________________. HypothesisSocratic MethodHippocratic OathHypocrisy Method 20 Socrates believed the best way for people to live was to focus on_____________. KnowledgeDemocracyThe pursuit of material gainSelf-development or virtue 21 Socrates criticized Democracy. He believed that the _______________ was the only type of person suitable to govern others. PhilosopherRoyal KingDictatorScientist 22 Hippocrates was credited with coining the _________________ still in use today by medical professionals. Hypocrisy OathHippocratic OathSocratic MethodPythagorean Method 23 Hippocrates is credited to being the first person to believe that diseases were caused _________________. As a punishmentBy the godsNaturallyBy the mind 24 The earliest surviving masterpiece of Greek art by Kritios is a Sculpture of a naturalistic male nudeCharioteerSculpture of ZeusSculpture of Apollo A mistake in this Quiz ? Contact the author Commentaires Sources Sourceshttps://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=17xtN6CZkr4WKpUldXUYacPmtoBViy0s0SJcrfVOrxpM
