Quiz

Chapter 3: Classical Greece

I. Fill in the Blank

1. The Classical period in Greece is also known as the      1   .

2. The Golden Age was ushered in by the defeat of the     2    by the Greeks.

3. During the Classical period, Greek culture reached its high point in the city of     3

4. A defensive organization of Greek city–states was formed to guard against future outside attack. This organization was known as the      4   .

5. Dramas were staged in honor of the god     5   .

6. Dramatists competed for prizes by submitting a group of four plays. This group was composed of a     6   and a      7   play.

7. The best known of Sophocles’ plays is     8   .

8. The greatest comic playwright of the Classical period was     9   .

9. The Discus Thrower is the most famous sculpture by     10   .

10. During the early Classical Period (470–456 B.C.), the largest Doric temple on the Greek mainland was the Temple of     11   at Olympia.

11. The Parthenon has many unusual features. One is the combination of two architectural orders: the    12   and the    13   .

II. Short Answers

What is Classical Ideal? Explain it, then use Greek sculpture Doryphoros as example to illustrate your explanation.

Why is the Laocoon (Fig. 3.30) a good example of Hellenistic sculpture?
Who are the three greatest sculptors in the Golden Age of Greece?
Who are the three greatest sculptors in the Late Classic period?
What are the titles of the Oedipus trilogy? 4%

III. Essay Question :

The following is Aristotle's definition of tragedy. Use Sophocles' Oedipus as example to explain the underline terms.

Tragedy is the imitation of an action
that is serious
and also having magnitude, complete in itself;
in language with pleasurable accessories, each kind
brought in separately in the parts of the work;
in a dramatic, not in a narrative form;
with incidents arousing pity and fear,
wherewith to accomplish its cartharsis of such emotions.

IV. Matching

1. archaic smile =

2. red figure pottery =

3. The work in the Golden Age =

4. Hellenistic sculpture =

5. Late Classic sculpture =

6. The work in Heroic Age =

A		D
B		E
C		F

V. Identification: 1. Identify the speaker of each of the following quotes from Oedipus, the King. 2. At what situation does the speaker speak these words? 3. What is (are) the characteristic(s) of each quote? 15%

"Count no mortal happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain."
Speaker and listener:
Situation:
Characteristic:
"I see you sulk in yielding and you’re dangerous when you are out of temper; nature like yours are justly heaviest for themselves to bear"
Speaker and listener:
Situation:
Characteristic:
"I pity you, children . . . . I know you are all sick, yet there is no one of you, sick though you are, that is as sick as I myself."

Speaker and listener:
Situation:
Characteristic:

"Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!"
Speaker and listener:
Situation:
Characteristic:
“Do not concern yourself about this matter; listen to me and learn that human beings have no part in the craft of prophecy. Of that I’ll show you a short proof.”

Speaker and listener:
Situation:
Characteristic: