Questão 1
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Which poem(s) fill in the gaps left by the Iliad and Odyssey?
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Cyclic poems
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Hesiod Works & Days
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Aeneid
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Hesiod Theogony
Questão 2
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In the "myth of ages," each age is worse than the previous, except the age of ...
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Bronze
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Silver
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Heroes
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Iron
Questão 3
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Mycenaean buildings described as "tholos" or "beehive" served what function?
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Fortification
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Barns
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Housing
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Tombs
Questão 4
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The Greek alphabet developed from ...
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Phoenician alphabet
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Latin alphabet
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Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Linear B
Questão 5
Questão
The word "Panhellenic" describes things which are ...
Questão 6
Questão
Which of the following is part of a proper welcome for a stranger in the context of the Odyssey?
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Invite the stranger for sex
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Find out who the stranger is before anything else
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Offer food before inquiring about the stranger
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Make the stranger forget his home
Questão 7
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Which of these are common finds in neolithic sites in Greece and Asia Minor?
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Ivory horns
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Bronze weapons
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Female figurines
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Iron rings
Questão 8
Questão
The Mycenaeans used which form of writing?
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Linear A
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Linear B
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Phoenician alphabet
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Greek alphabet
Questão 9
Questão
What is an acropolis?
Questão 10
Questão
The “tyrant” in archaic Greece was always seen as an oppressive and cruel figure.
Questão 11
Questão
The Eleusinian Mysteries were dedicated to:
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Athena
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Demeter and Persephone
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Drinking
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Asclepius
Questão 12
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Which event was the immediate cause of the Persian invasions?
Questão 13
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What is the main service provided at the sanctuary of Asclepius in Epidaurus?
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healing
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theatrical performance
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snake worship
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prophecy
Questão 14
Questão
Which of the following is not true of the Olympian gods?
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Their cults are often sponsored by the city
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They are associated with important aspects of human life
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They include the goddess Athena
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They are secret and obscure
Questão 15
Questão
How did the Greeks of archaic and classical times try to understand the remains of Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations?
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Interpretation according to mythology
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The Greeks were not curious about the remains
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Archaeological excavation
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There were no remains
Questão 16
Questão
According to Hesiod, the successive revolutions in heaven led to the rule of the following gods in order:
Questão 17
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Who was the founder and first Great King of the Achaemenid Persian empire?
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Cambyses II
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Xerxes
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Cyrus the Great
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Darius the Great
Questão 18
Questão
More than half of the Odyssey narrates the adventures of Odysseus as he struggles to return home.
Questão 19
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All the Greek city states were united in resisting the Persian invasions.
Questão 20
Questão
Which of the following years falls within the Archaic period?
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300 BCE
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600 BCE
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1,500 BCE
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30 CE
Questão 21
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What kind of constitution did Solon put in place in 594?
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aristocratic oligarchy
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democracy
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monarchy
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plutocracy
Questão 22
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The Greek language is part of which language family?
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Indo-European
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Italic
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Semitic
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Germanic
Questão 23
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What kind of large-scale building is associated with Minoan society?
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palaces
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castles
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schools
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pyramids
Questão 24
Questão
What was the reason for the Greek expedition to Troy?
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Religious expansion
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Trojans declared war
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Imperialism
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Abduction of Helen
Questão 25
Questão
Heinrich Schliemann was correct in identifying the treasures he found at the site of Troy as “Priam’s treasure” and the “Jewels of Helen.”
Questão 26
Questão
Whose death made Achilles re-enter battle in order to seek revenge?
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Helen
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Hector
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Patroclus
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Agamemnon
Questão 27
Questão
Which of the following battles did the Persians win?
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Plataea
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Marathon
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Salamis
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Thermopylae
Questão 28
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In the context of the sanctuary of Asclepius, what is meant by “incubation”?
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Sacrifice of lard cubes
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Breeding sacred snakes
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Sleeping for healing
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Ritual prostitution
Questão 29
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What kind of government did Athens have just before the reforms of Solon?
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aristocratic oligarchy
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monarchy
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plutocracy
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democracy
Questão 30
Questão
Which of the following contributed to the instability of early Athenian constitution?
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Gender inequality
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Debt slavery
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Commercial wealth
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2 of the above
Questão 31
Questão
Which of the following is an example of the principle of contagion in magical rituals?
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melting wax in order that the target melts with love
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burning part of a cloak that belongs to the target
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kidnapping the target and beating him with a cane
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sacrificing a piglet to dark divinities
Questão 32
Questão
Common sacrifice victims include cattle, sheep, and criminals.
Questão 33
Questão
Which of the following is the smallest unit?
Questão 34
Questão
Which of the following is not a category of trittys in Cleisthenes' reforms?
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Coast (paralia)
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Island (nesos)
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City (asty)
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Inland (mesogaia)
Questão 35
Questão
In Aristophanes' Frogs, Dionysus goes into the underworld for what purpose?
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Perform a sacrifice to Hades
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Remove infestation of frogs
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Bring back a tragic poet
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Have a drink with Heracles
Questão 36
Questão
Aristophanic "old comedy" are romances which most resemble sit coms.
Questão 37
Questão
In which city is Sophocles' Oedipus the King set?
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Sparta
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Thebes
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Corinth
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Athens
Questão 38
Questão
Which emotions does Aristotle think a good tragedy ought to produce?
Questão 39
Questão
Which statue represents the Archaic period?
Questão 40
Questão
How many members of the council (Boule) does each tribe contribute?
Questão 41
Questão
Which of the following is one of the Athenian commanders of the Sicilian expedition?
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Nicias
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PEricles
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Alexander
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Brasidas
Questão 42
Questão
Alcibiades was a loyal Athenian general who put the good of Athens above his personal interests.
Questão 43
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Why did the Athenians vote to execute their generals after the Battle of Arginusae (406)?
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They did not have permission to engage
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Failure to recover bodies/survivors
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Losing the battle
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Conspiracy with the enemy
Questão 44
Questão
The Persians remained neutral throughout the Peloponnesian War and only waited for both sides to wear each other out.
Questão 45
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Which city was destroyed by Alexander shortly after he came to the Macedonian throne?
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Corinth
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Athens
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Thebes
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Sparta
Questão 46
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In the Battle of Gaugamela, what was Alexander's main goal?
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Kill as many Persian levies as possible
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Hold out until reinforcements arrive
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Kill or rout Darius
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Avoid fighting personally
Questão 47
Questão
Which of the following is an important Hellenistic poet?
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Hesiod
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Euripides
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Aristophanes
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Callimachus
Questão 48
Questão
Which best describes how Polyphemus is depicted in Theocritus' Idyll 11?
Questão 49
Questão
Which of the following is one of the parents of the Muses?
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Mnemosyne (memory)
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Eros (love)
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Apollo
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Leda
Questão 50
Questão
Heraclitus proposed a vision of existence as always changing and in flux.
Questão 51
Questão
What existed at the beginning of Hesiod's account of the origin of the cosmos in the Theogony?
Questão 52
Questão
Plato learned philosophy from the writings of Socrates.
Questão 53
Questão
The sophists were most closely associated with which field?
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History
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MEdicine
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Rhetoric
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Physics
Questão 54
Questão
Which of the following is most real and true for Plato?
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painting of table
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Form of table
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chairs
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table
Questão 55
Questão
What is Socratic ignorance?
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not knowing what you know
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knowing nothing
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knowing that you know nothing
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knowing that other people know nothing
Questão 56
Questão
According to the Hippocratic theory of humours, which humour is most compatible with winter?
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blood
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black bile
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yellow bile
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phlegm