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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. Which of the following is a material the Greeks made statues of the gods
and goddesses out of?
a. silver

b. wood
c. plaster
d. ivory

2. Which of the following is mentioned last in the passage?
a. the exaggerated nature of the statues of the gods in the Parthenon
b. the depiction of the birth of Athena

c. the Parthenon was a temple of the goddess Athena
d. the ancient Greeks’ endless search for the place in the grand scheme of the
universe and nature

3. What was an effect of sculpting the gods in the human form?

a. It made the gods seem less powerful.
b. It brought them to a level the Greeks could better understand and recognize.
c. It increased the Greeks’ interest in mythology.
d. It reminded the Greeks of the heavens on a daily basis.

4. Compared to regular humans what did the Greek sculptures of gods and
goddesses look like?
a. exactly the same

b. much uglier
c. exaggerated
d. much bigger

5. Predict which value could be seen in an ancient Greek structure.
a. idealism
b. humanism

c. rationalism
d. all of the above

6. In this passage the word colossal means

a. a structure with large columns
b. gigantic
c. a structure with short columns
d. miniscule

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