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| (1) What is the period in Greek history called in which their civilization reached its cultural peak? |
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| (2) What Greek city-state led the Greeks during the Golden Age? |
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| (3) What was the artistic style developed during the Golden Age of Greece called? |
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| (4) What was the temple in Athens built to honor the goddess Athena? |
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| (5) What Greek deity was the Parthenon built to honor? |
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| (6) Where in Athens was the Parthenon built? |
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| (7) What was the purpose of such temples as the Parthenon? |
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| place for the deity to live |
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| (8) What was the district in Athens called where the potters worked? |
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| (9) What modern-English word is derived from Kerameikos? |
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| (10) What were the small, two-handled vases with a wide mouth in which it was easy to mix wine and water called? |
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| (11) What were the small vases with a narrow neck so that oil could be poured slowly and and in small quantities called? |
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| (12) What were the large vases for storing bulky supplies such as oil called? |
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| (13) Amphora pottery was usually decorated with what type of scenes? |
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| scenes from mythology and legend |
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| (14) What were the wide, shallow two-handled drinking cups called? |
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| (15) Kylix pottery was usually decorated with what types of scenes? |
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| scenes from everyday life |
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| (16) Most Greek pottery during the Classical Age of Greece was decorated in what colors? |
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| (17) The great Greek sculptor who portrayed what people should look like rather than actual persons was whom? |
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| (18) What was one of Myron's most famous statues? |
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| (19) Who was the sculptor in charge of the Parthenon who created a huge gold and ivory statue of Athena? |
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| (20) Who was the winged goddess of victory? |
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| (21) Who was the Greek sculptor who created realistic, life-sized statues of ordinary people? |
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| (22) The Greeks originally started to write plays to honor what deity |
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| (23) Dionysus was the god of what? |
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| (24) What is a play in which the lead character struggles against fate only to be doomed to an unhappy ending called? |
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| (25) Who was the first great writer of Greek tragedies who wrote over 90 plays? |
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| (26) What trilogy of plays was written by Aeschylus? |
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| (27) What is a set of three plays with a related theme called? |
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| (28) Who was the Athenian general during the Peloponnesian Wars who also wrote tragedies? |
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| (29) What was the most famous play written by Sophocles? |
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| (30) Who was the last of the great writers of tragedy? |
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| (31) What Greek tragedy was written by Euripides? |
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| (32) What type of play has a humorous theme and a happy ending? |
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| (33) Who was the great Greek writer of comedies? |
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| (34) What Greek comedy was written by Aristophanes? |
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| (35) What term is used to describe an outdoor theater? |
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| (36) What term is used to refer to an actor or actress? |
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| (37) The Olympic Games were originally held in what Greek city-state? |
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| (38) The Olympic Games were originally held as a religious festival to honor what Greek deity? |
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| (39) What were first held in 776 B.C.? |
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| (40) The only athletes allowed to participate in the Olympic Games were whom? |
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