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Who was Herodotus?
a teacher
a historian
a bartender
a philosopher
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Why did Socrates get arrested?
He thought people were too stupid to vote wisely
He was seen as a threat
He was walking too slow
He would rather die than be a hypocrite
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Rhetoric is...
None of the above
Money
The Art of Public Speaking
A Political Idea
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Student of Plato
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
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Who was Aesop?
a mathematician
a leader
a forceful dictator
a fable writer
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Facts about Socrates...
Taught by asking questions, didn't write books.
None of the above.
His ideas form the basis for modern science.
Started The Academy, wrote The Republic.
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What were the three Greek columns?
Doric, Alexandrian and Ionic
Athenian, Doric and Corinthian
Ionic, Corinthian and Alexandrian
Corinthian, Ionic and Doric
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The Odyssey was written by Socrates
True
False
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Some people disliked Socrates because:
He called them names
He shared his personal opinions too openly
He smelled
He challenged their authority
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Who were the Sophists?
Political Leaders
Poets
Military Leaders
Teachers who taught rhetoric
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Pythagoras' Theorem applies to
any shape
right angled triangles
any triangle
any square
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Aristotle was Alexander the Great's teacher
True
False
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Master of Greek comedy
Antigone
Aristophanes
Aeschylus
Aristotle
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Teacher of Plato
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
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What was the Socratic Method?
Teaching by questioning.
Training the brain as a muscle.
Study living people.
Doing algebraic equations.
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Aeschylus
Philosopher
Political Leader
Military Leader
Playwright/Poet
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What is a Tragedy?
exaggerated form of drama characterized by heavy emotion
short fictional narrative that teaches a lesson
fiction with lengthy string of loosely connected events
literary work in which hero is destroyed by character flaw
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Hippocrates was referred to as the
Father of Medicine
Father of literature
Father of Agriculture
Father of Architect
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Doric columns are plain and simple at the top
True
False
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Who was Thucydides?
He was a famous soilder.
He wrote a record of the Peloponnesian War
He wrote "The Histories."
He was a king in Sparta.
