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Which BEST explains the difference between myths and legends?

A
Myths are more historically accurate than legends.
B
Legends cannot include any supernatural elements.
C
Myths are for entertainment and have no symbolism.
D
Legends often have some elements of history, unlike myths.
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Which actual event does The Iliad describe?

A
The Siege of Troy
B
The War with Carthage
C
The Battle of Thermopylae
D
The naval battle at Salamis
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What did Hesiod’s Theogony seek to explain?

A
the origin of the gods
B
the nature of mankind
C
the essence of goodness
D
the outcome of the Trojan War
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Why aren’t Thales and Heraclitus considered rationalists?

A
They used reason but also relied on observation.
B
They are in some reviews of Western philosophy.
C
They founded the naturalist schools of philosophy.
D
They did not believe in reason when solving problems.
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Which is the BEST description of Pythagoreanism?

A
a new system of geometry
B
a belief system and way of living together
C
a philosophy that emphasized dominance and violence
D
a school of philosophy that disproved of the Pre-Socratics
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What did Heraclitus mean when he said, “You never see the same river twice”?

A
Individual perception is always changing.
B
Water is in all solids found in the universe.
C
Once something is seen, it cannot be unseen.
D
A river will change from one time you see it to the next.
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What themes do The Iliad and The Odyssey have in common?

A
pride and revenge
B
modesty and humility
C
benevolence and wrath
D
loyalty and dedication
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Why did it take the Greeks centuries to write down their myths?

A
They needed to develop an alphabet first.
B
Few cultures record their myths in writing.
C
The Greeks did write them down, but we have lost all evidence.
D
Their myths kept changing, so they did not want to write them down.
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Which disciplines were developed based on the Greek questioning of the elements?

A
art and music
B
logic and rhetoric
C
tragedy and comedy
D
chemistry and biology
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Which summarizes Parmenides’s beliefs about change?

A
Change is just an illusion of the senses.
B
Change requires four elements to be present.
C
Change does not exist since all is constant.
D
Change is always part of the human condition.

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