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Quiz 5th Century BC History
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History quiz on the 5th Century BC
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24 QUESTIONS
hard
1
The four great playwrights of the 5th Century BC are
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
Homer, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle
Zeus, Athena, Prometheus, Orion
Pythagoras, Empedocles, Hippocrates, Democritus
2
The "Father of Tragedy" is___________.
Homer
Aeschylus
Hippocrates
Socrates
3
Aristophanes was called "The Father of__________.
History
Western Medicine
Comedy
Tragedy
4
A war between the Greeks and the _________ began in 499 BC and lasted about 20 years
Egyptians
Persians
Spartans
French
5
Pericles introduces _____________ for all Athenian citizens allowing them to vote and participate in the administration of the state.
Dictatorship
Socialism
Communism
Democracy
6
Herodotus is known as the "Father of ____________. He wrote the account of the Greco-Persian wars from the vantage point in Asia Minor.
History
Tragedy
Comedy
Medicine
7
Pythagoras is credited with the mathematical theorem called____________.
The Hippocratic Oath
The Pythagorean Theory
The Socratic Method
The Hypocricy Method
8
The followers of ___________ maintained that the earth rotates on an axis and moves in an orbit.
Pythagoras
Democritas
Socrates
Hippocrates
9
Democritas declared that matter is composed of indivisible and indestructible ________.
Quarks
Neutrons
Atoms
Electrons
10
The mystical texts of the ___________ of Daoism and the ___________ of Hinduism were written down during the 5th Century BC.
Old Testament, Rig Veda
Daodejing, Upanishads
I Ching, Rig Veda
Old Testament, I Ching
11
Siddartha Gautama left home to become a wandering ascetic. After a night of meditation he is 'enlightened' and becomes___________.
Buddha
Christ
A leader of the Jain religion
A leader of Daoism
12
The Athenians built the _____________, a temple to Athena.
Colosseum
Olympus
Parthenon
Corinthian
13
Hippocrates founded a school of ___________ on the Greek island of Kos.
Philosophy
Sophists
Medicine
Law
14
The three classical styles of columns in Greek architecture are ___________, ________, and ____________
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Simple, Classical, Ornate
Doric, Ionic, Moronic
Columnar, Athenian, Olympian
15
Phidias sculpted a huge stature of the goddess ___________ to be the central feature of the Parthenon.
Zeus
Athena
Apollo
Aphrodite
16
Myron sculpts ________________, an outstanding example of the Greek ability to suggest movement.
A Charioteer
The Thinker
The Discus Thrower
The Javelin Thrower
17
Phidias created a massive statue of ____________ covered in gold and ivory, to stand in the temple at Olympia.
Zeus
Apollo
Poseidon
Athena
18
When the Oracle at Delphi said that there was no-one wiser than Socrates, Socrates believed ______________.
He was the most foolish
Plato was wiser
It was a paradox
That 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 _________________.
Hypothesis
Socratic Method
Hippocratic Oath
Hypocrisy Method
20
Socrates believed the best way for people to live was to focus on_____________.
Knowledge
Democracy
The pursuit of material gain
Self-development or virtue
21
Socrates criticized Democracy. He believed that the _______________ was the only type of person suitable to govern others.
Philosopher
Royal King
Dictator
Scientist
22
Hippocrates was credited with coining the _________________ still in use today by medical professionals.
Hypocrisy Oath
Hippocratic Oath
Socratic Method
Pythagorean Method
23
Hippocrates is credited to being the first person to believe that diseases were caused _________________.
As a punishment
By the gods
Naturally
By the mind
24
The earliest surviving masterpiece of Greek art by Kritios is a
Sculpture of a naturalistic male nude
Charioteer
Sculpture of Zeus
Sculpture of Apollo
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