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A fplay fabout fheroic fwomen fwho fwithhold fsex ffrom ftheir fhusbands fin forder
fto fend fthe fPeloponnesian fwar fand fforce fa fmore fdemocratic, fegalitarian
fpolitical fclimate. f- fANS-
Lysistrata
Sappho's flyric fpoem f"A fLament ffor fAdonis" frepresents fwhat fmajor ftheme fof
fthe fClassical fPeriod? f- fANS-The ftheme fof fhumanism fbecause fit femphasizes
fhuman fpassions
fand femotions frather fthan fidealized fgods.
Why fis fthe fstatue fThe fMetropolitan fKouros fa fnotable fexample fof fGreek
fsculpture? f- fANS-It futilized fvertical fand fhorizontal fsymmetry fin fcreating fthe
fhuman fform.
Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fan finnovation fduring fthe fClassical fPeriod fthat fwas
fbased fon
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,fbalance fand freason? f- fANS-The fdevelopment fof fWestern fphilosophy fand fthe
fideas fthat funderlie fthe fmodern fscientific fmethod.
What fis fthe fprimary fdifference fbetween fGreek fand fRoman fsocieties? f- fANS-
The fGreeks
flived fin fdemocratically-run fcity-states fwhile fthe fRomans fhad fa flarger
fcentralized frepublic fand feventually fempire.
How fdo fthe fvisual fart fand farchitecture fof fGreece fand fRome fdiffer? f- fANS-a)
fMuch fof
fthe fsculpture fin fGreece fwas ffocused fon fhonoring fdeities fand felevating fthe
fhuman fform fwhile fRome fused fart fpredominantly fto fglorify fthe fRoman
fEmpire. f
b) fThe fGreeks frelied fon fpost-and-lintel fconstruction, fand fthe fRomans
fdeveloped fthe fuse fof fcolumns fand farches fto fdesign flarger fbuildings.
What freflects fthe ftheme fof fhumanism fin fthe fClassical fPeriod? f- fANS-a) fGreek
fphilosophers fquestioned fthe ftruth fof fancient freligious fmyths fin fwhich fgods
facted
funjustly. f
b) fAristotle finvestigated fqualities fthat fled fto fhuman fexcellence fand fmade ffor
fa fgood
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, flif
e.
What fcultural fexchange ftook fplace fduring fthe fClassical fPeriod? f- fANS-The
fGreeks fborrowed fthe falphabet fof fthe fPhoenicians fand fused fEgyptian
finfluences fin ftheir
fsculpture.
What fwere fthe fmeans fof fcultural fexchange fduring fthe fClassical fPeriod? f-
fANS-a) fGreece fand fRome's fproximity fto fthe fMediterranean fSea ffacilitated fthe
fexchange fof fgoods fand fideas fwith fother fcivilizations. f
b) fThe fSilk fRoad fprovided faccess fto fAsia, fallowing fEastern freligions fsuch fas
fBuddhism
fand fDaoism fto ffilter finto fEurope falong fwith fgoods.
Which faspects fare fdirectly finfluenced fby fthe fClassical fPeriod? f- fANS-
Democracy fand fU.S. fNational fMonuments
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