The main characters in fables are gods and goddesses who act like humans.

• True

• False

In Greek plays, who acted out all the parts?

• women

• children

• men

• puppets

______ wrote comedies.

• Aristophanes

• Homer

• Alexander

• Sophocles

Two types of ______ are tragedy and comedy.

• epic

• myth

• drama

• fable

What is the Socratic method?

• a mathematical formula

• a way of asking questions

• a medical technique for treating sick people

• a way of investigating historical facts

______ was a philosopher who studied and wrote about government, astronomy, political science, and biology.

• Homer

• Aristotle

• Archimedes

• Thales

What is Pythagoras famous for?

• writing The History of the Peloponnesian War

• writing a history of the Persian Wars

• developing an important mathematical theorem

• his early studies in astronomy

Alexander's military successes marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Era.

• True

• False

How far east did Alexander lead his armies?

• to Persia

• to India

• to Mesopotamia

• to Syria

Why did Alexander lead his men back home in 327 B.C.?

• He was tired of fighting.

• He had conquered all the lands he wanted.

• He missed his new city, Alexandria.

• His soldiers were tired and refused to go farther.