Study Guide Test 2

Greek Achievement Midterm 2: Study Guide

This test covers Sept. 26 (Archaic III; Herodotus) through Nov. 9 (Women in ancient Greece).

NOTE: all students must purchase and bring to the test a blue book. This is a small booklet with a blue cover which you can buy in the University bookstore. DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE BOOK. You will turn in the book and receive another book with the department stamp, in which you will write your test answers. This is done for security reasons. If you did not turn in a blue book last time, bring two this time.

Part 1 (10): quotations. Identify name of the person referred to in the underlined words. You will choose TWO quotations from a list of THREE. Here are some SAMPLE quotations.

A But when necessity’s yoke was put upon him,
he changed, and from the heart the breath came bitter
and sacreligious, utterly infidel,
to warp a will now to be stopped at nothing.
....He endured then
to sacrifice his daughter
to stay the strength of war waged for a woman
first offering for the ships’ sake.
___________________
[answer: Agamemnon]

B. I pity you, children. You have come full of longing,
but I have known the story before you told it
only too well. I know you are all sick,
yet there is not one of you, sick though you are,
that is as sick as I myself.
Your several sorrows each have single scope
and touch but one of you. My spirit groans
for city and myself and you at once.
.
____________________ [answer: Oedipus]

C. Then Demaratus said, “I spoke to you, O King, concerning these men long since, when we had just begun our march upon Greece; you, however, only laughed at my words, when you told you of all this, which I saw would come to pass. Earnestly do I struggle at all times, to speak the truth to you, sire, and now listen to it once more. These men have come to dispute the pass with us, and it is for this that they are now making ready.

____________________ [answer: Xerxes]

Part 2: Essay (50). You will choose one essay topic from a list of three. Be sure to give examples wherever possible. Writing an outline first is helpful for most students. Here are some sample questions. One of more of these will definitely be on the test.

1. Plato: list three philosophers who influenced Plato. What is the theory of forms/ideas? What does Plato write about in the Republic?
2. What is the Oresteia and who wrote it? Give a brief summary. What is its social significance?
3. Discuss Oedipus Rex in relation to the following: Sophocles' view of human potential; irony and dramatic irony, Aristotle’s theory of tragedy.
4. The Peloponnesian War: Describe the four stages of the Peloponnesian war and explain, based on the material we have learned, why the war happened and what the outcome was. Be sure to mention the historian who wrote the history of this war.
5. The Persian Wars: Give a brief overview of the main events and important personalities in the Persian wars. How did war come about, and what was the outcome?

Part 3: ID's (30). You will pick SIX out of ten and identify as fully as possible in the time permitted. Answers of one or two words will receive minimal credit. IDs may include authors of works we read, characters from stories, and key terms from lectures. Here are some SAMPLE IDs.
Sicilian Expedition
Zeno’s paradox
Protagoras
Demosthenes
catharsis
Aspasia
Thucydides
daimonion
Alcibiades
Battle of Salamis
endogamy

Part 4 Slides (10) : the slides will be shown in the middle of the period, after all latecomers have arrived. You will be asked specific questions about each slide.