Classic Quiz Classic Quiz Quiz 5th Century BC History by Simmy8 Simmy8 43 played - 12 yrs ago History quiz on the 5th Century BC QUIZ 24 QUESTIONS hard medium Question 1 / 24 The four great playwrights of the 5th Century BC are Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, AristophanesHomer, Plato, Socrates, AristotleZeus, Athena, Prometheus, OrionPythagoras, Empedocles, Hippocrates, Democritus hard Question 2 / 24 The "Father of Tragedy" is___________. HomerAeschylusHippocratesSocrates medium Question 3 / 24 Aristophanes was called "The Father of__________. HistoryWestern MedicineComedyTragedy hard Question 4 / 24 A war between the Greeks and the _________ began in 499 BC and lasted about 20 years EgyptiansPersiansSpartansFrench medium Question 5 / 24 Pericles introduces _____________ for all Athenian citizens allowing them to vote and participate in the administration of the state. DictatorshipSocialismCommunismDemocracy medium Question 6 / 24 Herodotus is known as the "Father of ____________. He wrote the account of the Greco-Persian wars from the vantage point in Asia Minor. HistoryTragedyComedyMedicine medium Question 7 / 24 Pythagoras is credited with the mathematical theorem called____________. The Hippocratic OathThe Pythagorean TheoryThe Socratic MethodThe Hypocricy Method expert Question 8 / 24 The followers of ___________ maintained that the earth rotates on an axis and moves in an orbit. PythagorasDemocritasSocratesHippocrates medium Question 9 / 24 Democritas declared that matter is composed of indivisible and indestructible ________. QuarksNeutronsAtomsElectrons expert Question 10 / 24 The mystical texts of the ___________ of Daoism and the ___________ of Hinduism were written down during the 5th Century BC. Old Testament, Rig VedaDaodejing, UpanishadsI Ching, Rig VedaOld Testament, I Ching medium Question 11 / 24 Siddartha Gautama left home to become a wandering ascetic. After a night of meditation he is 'enlightened' and becomes___________. BuddhaChristA leader of the Jain religionA leader of Daoism medium Question 12 / 24 The Athenians built the _____________, a temple to Athena. ColosseumOlympusParthenonCorinthian hard Question 13 / 24 Hippocrates founded a school of ___________ on the Greek island of Kos. PhilosophySophistsMedicineLaw hard Question 14 / 24 The three classical styles of columns in Greek architecture are ___________, ________, and ____________ Doric, Ionic, CorinthianSimple, Classical, OrnateDoric, Ionic, MoronicColumnar, Athenian, Olympian medium Question 15 / 24 Phidias sculpted a huge stature of the goddess ___________ to be the central feature of the Parthenon. ZeusAthenaApolloAphrodite hard Question 16 / 24 Myron sculpts ________________, an outstanding example of the Greek ability to suggest movement. A CharioteerThe ThinkerThe Discus ThrowerThe Javelin Thrower hard Question 17 / 24 Phidias created a massive statue of ____________ covered in gold and ivory, to stand in the temple at Olympia. ZeusApolloPoseidonAthena expert Question 18 / 24 When the Oracle at Delphi said that there was no-one wiser than Socrates, Socrates believed ______________. He was the most foolishPlato was wiserIt was a paradoxThat he was the wisest of all hard Question 19 / 24 A series of questions that are asked to draw out individual answers and to encourage insight is called the _________________. HypothesisSocratic MethodHippocratic OathHypocrisy Method hard Question 20 / 24 Socrates believed the best way for people to live was to focus on_____________. KnowledgeDemocracyThe pursuit of material gainSelf-development or virtue hard Question 21 / 24 Socrates criticized Democracy. He believed that the _______________ was the only type of person suitable to govern others. PhilosopherRoyal KingDictatorScientist medium Question 22 / 24 Hippocrates was credited with coining the _________________ still in use today by medical professionals. Hypocrisy OathHippocratic OathSocratic MethodPythagorean Method medium Question 23 / 24 Hippocrates is credited to being the first person to believe that diseases were caused _________________. As a punishmentBy the godsNaturallyBy the mind expert Question 24 / 24 The earliest surviving masterpiece of Greek art by Kritios is a Sculpture of a naturalistic male nudeCharioteerSculpture of ZeusSculpture of Apollo A mistake in this Quiz ? Contact the author Sources Sourceshttps://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=17xtN6CZkr4WKpUldXUYacPmtoBViy0s0SJcrfVOrxpM 2024 recap Julien 148 played - 2 mths ago Unknown historical dates Julien 143 played - 8 mths ago The abolition of slavery Julien 112 played - 1 yr ago History of the world Julien 120 played - 1 yr ago Events of the Berlin Airlift Hxd0211 137 played - 11 yrs ago The Mayflower JOB02 209 played - 16 yrs ago Churchill Celecita 138 played - 17 yrs ago