Question 1

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-Seleucids

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The Seleucids were a Hellenistic dynasty...

Question 2

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-Polybius

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Polybius was an ancient Greek historian ...

Question 3

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

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A)   became despotic monarchies.
B)   rarely fought amongst themselves.
C)   combined Greek-Macedonians and Near Eastern natives in administrative positions.
D)   showed little innovation in their armies.
E)   all disappeared by the second century B.C.E.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 4

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-Menander

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Menander was an ancient Greek playwright...

Question 5

Which of the following led a revolt against Seleucid monarchy in Judea in the 160s B.C.E.?

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A)   Isaiah.
B)   Antiochus IV.
C)   Judas Iscariot.
D)   Jesus of Nazareth.
E)   Judas Maccabaeus.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

After the death of Alexander the Great, his lead general, Ptolemy, ruled for fifteen years in Alexander's name from Bactria to Macedon.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following statements about the Macedonians is correct?

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A)   They were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements.
B)   They were probably not Greek.
C)   They were an urban people organized in city states like the southern Greeks.
D)   They never participated in the Olympic Games.
E)   Philip II turned Macedonia into the chief power in the Middle East.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Which class of women achieved the most notable gains during the Hellenistic period?

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A)   lower class
B)   middle class
C)   upper class
D)   slaves
E)   working classF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

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-the library in Alexandria

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The library in Alexandria, also known as...

Question 10

The Greek god of healing, thought responsible for miraculous cures in the Hellenistic period, was

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A)   Hippocrates.
B)   Asclepius.
C)   Herophilus.
D)   Erasistratus.
E)   Euclid.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

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-mystery cults

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Mystery cults were religious groups in t...

Question 12

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great

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A)   saw himself as a descendant of Greek gods and heroes.
B)   combined Greek and Persian practices to allow its administration.
C)   allowed intermarriage between his soldiers and native Persian women.
D)   a and c
E)   a, b, and cF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

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-Alexandria(s)

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Alexandria is a city located in the nort...

Question 14

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

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A)   was opposed by Hellenistic rulers who saw education as a threat to their power.
B)   was open to all classes of society except slaves.
C)   made no provision for physical education.
D)   was focuses exclusively upon vocational training.
E)   closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about proper education.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

The surviving works of the Greek historian Polybius demonstrate

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A)   his following of Thucydides in seeking rational motives for historical events.
B)   his focus on the growth of the Greek city-states from their origins to their collapse.
C)   the continued failure of ancient historians to find accurate, firsthand sources.
D)   his reliance on the models of Herodotus and willingness to ascribe historical change to the intervention of gods.
E)   his use of oral sources and myth to supplement non-written documents.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 16

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-cults of Eleusis and Isis

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Question 17

Alexander the Great's troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade and capture

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A)   Arabia.
B)   Pergamum.
C)   India.
D)   Cochin.
E)   Bactria.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

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-Isocrates

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Isocrates was an ancient Greek rhetorici...

Question 19

Which of the following was not a major source of slaves in the Hellenistic world?

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A)   citizens who could not pay their debts were sold into slavery.
B)   children were sold into slavery by their parents.
C)   prisoners of war became slaves of their captors.
D)   persons kidnapped by pirates could be auctioned off as slaves.
E)   persons whose parents were slaves.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 20

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-Euclid

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IDENTIFICATIONS -the library in Alexandria

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IDENTIFICATIONS -cults of Eleusis and Isis

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IDENTIFICATIONS -Menander

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IDENTIFICATIONS -Seleucids

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IDENTIFICATIONS -mystery cults

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IDENTIFICATIONS -Isocrates

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