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What does 'Hellenistic' mean?
a) like the Greeks
b) like Helen of Troy
c) like the Romans
d) like the Persians

What is Epicureanism?
a) the philosophy that teaches the 'golden mean'
b) the philosophy that teaches people should not try to feel joy or sadness
c) a style of teaching philosophy by asking questions to gain the truth
d) the philosophy that teaches the purpose of life is to look for happiness and peace

What is Stoicism
a) the philosophy that teaches the 'golden mean'
b) the philosophy that teaches people should not try to feel joy or sadness
c) a style of teaching philosophy by asking questions to gain the truth
d) the philosophy that teaches the purpose of life is to look for happiness and peace

What is circumference?
a) how to calculate the sides of triangle
b) the measurement of the outside of a circle
c) the measurement between 2 direct points on a circle
d) how to calculate the area of a circle

Which branch of mathematics centers around measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, and surfaces on a plane?
a) plane geometry
b) solid geometry
c) aerodynamics
d) algebra

Which branch of mathematics centers around the measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional space
a) plane geometry
b) solid geometry
c) aerodynamics
d) algebra

Which city was the center of Greek theater?
a) Sparta
b) Thebes
c) Corinth
d) Athens

How was Greek New Comedy different from the comedies created during the Greece's Golden Age?
a) Greek New Comedy did NOT make fun of political leaders
b) Greek New Comedy was not as popular
c) Greek New Comedy made fun of political leaders
d) Greek New Comedy made light of tragedies

What made statues created during the Hellenistic Era unique?
a) They were more realistic
b) They only showed the perfect human body
c) They only created statues of the gods
d) They only created realistic looking animals, not people

Who stated that the solar system moved around the sun?
a) Aristarchus
b) Zeno
c) Epicurus
d) Archimedes

Who first successfully calculated the circumference of the earth?
a) Aristarchus
b) Eratosthenese
c) Euclid
d) Hipparchus

Who established the science of physics?
a) Pythagoras
b) Aristrachus
c) Archimedes
d) Hypatia

Which civilization will ultimately conquer all of Greece?
a) Rome
b) Persia
c) Assyrians
d) Egyptians

Why did Alexandria become a major center of learning?
a) It contained the largest library in the world and a museum
b) It was created by Alexander the Great
c) It was ideally located along the coast of the Aegean Sea
d) It was ideally located in the heartlands of Greece

How did the Greeks attempt to stop Roman expansion?
a) They invaded Italy and tried to sack Rome
b) They supported the enemies of Rome
c) They tried to assassinate the leaders of the Roman Republic
d) They attempted to defeat the Romans in a major naval battle

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