HIEU 201 Quiz 3 (Real Exam 2022)

HIEU 201 Quiz 3 (Real Exam 2022)/ After Alexander's death a. the Persians conquered his empire and regained their dominance of the Western world. b. his empire fractured into three dynasties: the Ptolemies in Egypt, the Seleucids in western Asia, and the Antigonids in Macedonia. c. his empire lasted intact for another two hundred years, providing the basis for the Roman Empire. d. his empire fractured into three dynasties: the Antigonids in Egypt, the Ptolemies in western Asia, and the Seleucids in Macedonia. The unrivaled commercial center of the Hellenistic world was a. Athens. b. Alexandria. c. Persepolis. d. Sardis. The Alexandrian scholar-poet Callimachus a. rejected poetry as unequal to scholarly work. b. rejected Greek philosophy as unequal to the epics of Homer. c. urged his fellow poets to write short, finely crafted works rather than epics. d. urged poets to write long epic works to rival Homer. The plays of Menander a. were chauvinistic, praising all things Greek and rejecting other cultures. b. were apolitical, portraying instead a preoccupation with private life and human weakness. c. were deeply political, critiquing all aspects of Hellenistic government. d. were deeply religious, focusing on the gods and their will. Hellenistic and Hellenic philosophers differed in that a. Hellenic thinkers sought to define the individual's relationship to the polis, while Hellenistic philosophy dealt more with the individual's relationship to humanity. b. Hellenic thought was more concerned with the good life, whereas Hellenistic thought concentrated on understanding the natural world. c. Hellenistic thinkers rejected the rational tradition of Hellenic thought. d. Hellenistic philosophy had no concern for spiritual or ethical matters. Epicurus believed that a wise person should a. involve him or herself in civic life as a way to achieve happiness. b. seek to escape from all sources of worry and fear. c. pursue wealth, power, and fame, since all three brought happiness. d. surrender him or herself to physical pleasure as a way to achieve happiness. According to the Stoics, the wise person a. should strive to better his or her social and economic position. b. ordered their lives according to natural law. c. should give his or her emotions free range, in order that he or she might better understand them. d. should seek out suffering, in order to learn how to endure it. In contrast to Epicurean and Stoic belief, the Skeptics a. held that all systems of belief were flawed and did not seek a single path to happiness.