HIST 502 Quiz Module 1: The Greeks | Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | 100% Correct.
Due Jun 29 at 11:59pm
Points 75
Questions 16
Time Limit 60 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 1: Week 1.
Contains 16 multiple-choice, true/false, and essay questions.
Is limited to 1 hour.
Allows 1 attempt.
Is worth 75 points.
You may refer to your notes and textbooks at any time during the assessment.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 1: Week 1.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 44 minutes 48 out of 75 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this quiz: 48 out of 75 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Submitted Jun 27 at 3:19pm
This attempt took 44 minutes.
Question 1
pts
Which of the following is true about Herodotus?
He was a 5th century B.C. Greek historian who is today regarded as “the father of history.”
, He used the word “historia” (or “inquiry”) to describe his landmark history of the Greco-Persian Wars.
He regarded himself as an auditor, a collector, recorder, sifter and judge of oral tradition about the recent or remoter past. He
traveled throughout the ancient world, interviewed participants of the wars, and looked in archives.
His purpose in writing history was to preserve the memory of the past by putting on record the astonishing achievements of both
the Greek and Asiatic peoples.
All of the above
IncorrectQuestion 2
pts
One of the first major literary figures in Greece was this 8th century B.C. epic poet, who, in his The Iliad,
told the tale of the Trojan War—a 14th or 13th century B.C. conflict between the Greek civilization at
Mycenae and the city of Troy, located at the mouth of the Dardanelles in modern-day Turkey.
Herodotus
Plato
Homer
Thucydides
Arrian
Question 3
pts
This non-Greek historian and Babylonian priest in the 3rd century B.C. wrote Babylonica, which detailed
the history of the Mesopotamian peoples. Overall, he insisted that the world was about 468,215 years
old, and that the history of Babylon stretched back for 435,600 of those years. He also wrote of a Great
Flood which took place in the 432,000th year.
Manetho
Onesicritus
Berossus
Chares of Mytilene
Strabo
Due Jun 29 at 11:59pm
Points 75
Questions 16
Time Limit 60 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 1: Week 1.
Contains 16 multiple-choice, true/false, and essay questions.
Is limited to 1 hour.
Allows 1 attempt.
Is worth 75 points.
You may refer to your notes and textbooks at any time during the assessment.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 1: Week 1.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 44 minutes 48 out of 75 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Correct answers are hidden.
Score for this quiz: 48 out of 75 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Submitted Jun 27 at 3:19pm
This attempt took 44 minutes.
Question 1
pts
Which of the following is true about Herodotus?
He was a 5th century B.C. Greek historian who is today regarded as “the father of history.”
, He used the word “historia” (or “inquiry”) to describe his landmark history of the Greco-Persian Wars.
He regarded himself as an auditor, a collector, recorder, sifter and judge of oral tradition about the recent or remoter past. He
traveled throughout the ancient world, interviewed participants of the wars, and looked in archives.
His purpose in writing history was to preserve the memory of the past by putting on record the astonishing achievements of both
the Greek and Asiatic peoples.
All of the above
IncorrectQuestion 2
pts
One of the first major literary figures in Greece was this 8th century B.C. epic poet, who, in his The Iliad,
told the tale of the Trojan War—a 14th or 13th century B.C. conflict between the Greek civilization at
Mycenae and the city of Troy, located at the mouth of the Dardanelles in modern-day Turkey.
Herodotus
Plato
Homer
Thucydides
Arrian
Question 3
pts
This non-Greek historian and Babylonian priest in the 3rd century B.C. wrote Babylonica, which detailed
the history of the Mesopotamian peoples. Overall, he insisted that the world was about 468,215 years
old, and that the history of Babylon stretched back for 435,600 of those years. He also wrote of a Great
Flood which took place in the 432,000th year.
Manetho
Onesicritus
Berossus
Chares of Mytilene
Strabo
