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#Hellenistic art, architecture, philosophy, and history.

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1
Hellenistic architecture was characterized by...
planned communally, if sometimes grand.
sporadic building, with no sense of community.
modest, individualized structures.
2
In general, Hellenistic society turned...
away from eternal truth and toward individuality.
away from individuality and toward eternal truth.
away from individuality and toward universality.
3
The Hellenistic world was held together through...
a system of individual city-states with a single language.
city-states that competed and fought against each other.
empires with a few administrative centers, such as Pergamon.
4
Hellenistic artists...
hated emotion but loved individuality.
captured emotion and individuality.
hated emotion and sought calm and serenity.
5
After Alexander's death, the Hellenistic world was prone to ...
hero worship in Ptolemaic Egypt only.
hero worship throughout his former empire.
hero hatred due to Alexander's tyrannical nature.
6
Which quote best captures the stoic idea?
Punctuality is the thief of time.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
7
At Pergamon, rule and stately decisions came from...
a small group led by the king.
the people in a direct, democratic vote.
congressional representatives.
8
Concentration was now on...
the speculative, metaphysical arts.
idealism and deductive reasoning.
realism and empiricism.
9
Epicurism...
believed all was determined in the cosmos.
maximized pleasure, minimized pain.
accentuated hedonism and random occurences.
10
Diogenes, who was a(n) ..., told Alexander to...
cynic ... get out of his light.
stoic ... put on deodorant.
stoic .. get out of his light.
epicurean ... get out of his light.