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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 3

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Quiz for Chapter 3: The Greek Golden Age, c. 500–c. 400 B.C.E.

Document Links:

Document 3-1: Thucydides, The Funeral Oration of Pericles

Document 3-2: Myron of Eleutherai, Discus Thrower

Document 3-3: Plato, The Apology of Socrates

Document 3-4: Hippocrates of Cos, On the Sacred Disease

Document 3-5: Euphiletus, A Husband Speaks in His Own Defense/Overhead Views of a House on the North Slope of the Areopagus

Document 3-6: Aristophanes, Lysistrata

Question 3.1

1. Based on Pericles’ speech (Document 3-1), Athens can be best described as a radical democracy because it

functioned as a majority rule.

welcomed foreigners.

had a superior military.

granted equality to male and female citizens.

Question 3.2

2. At his trial in Athens, what did the philosopher Socrates argue was the foundation of true wisdom (Document 3-3)?

A good public reputation

Individual skill

Knowing what you do not know

Respect for tradition

Question 3.3

3. As a physician, Hippocrates (Document 3-4) challenged traditional Greek medical practices by asserting that disease

stemmed from natural causes.

was untreatable.

was beyond human understanding.

stemmed from supernatural causes.

Question 3.4

4. How does Myron’s Discus Thrower (Document 3-2) depart in style from Archaic Age statues?

It depicts a nude male.

It is cast in bronze.

It idealizes the human body.

It conveys a sense of movement.

Question 3.5

5. According to the argument Euphiletus presented at his trial (Document 3-5), the primary basis for killing his wife’s lover was

revenge.

self-defense.

peer pressure.

state law.

Question 3.6

6. What is a shared motivation underlying Euphelitus’s defense, the organization of domestic space (Document 3-5), and the actions of the characters in Aristophanes’ play (Document 3-6)?

Defending traditional family life

Using violence to solve societal problems

Overturning tradition

Gaining political power