Study Guide for the Third Exam

This exam will cover Chapter 4, 5 and 6 and the reading selections from Aristotle, Xenophon, Epicurus, Vergil, Apuleius, and  the Hebrew Bible..  Although you are responsible for all the material in the chapters, the exam will focus on what has been emphasized in class.   Please remember that there will be review questions dealing with earlier material.

1.       Study the maps from these three chapters.  .  In your studies, you should emphasize the Red Sea, the Italian peninsula, Gaul, Rome, Carthage, Ravenna, Constantinople, Antioch, Rhodes, Alexandra, Jerusalem, Damacus, the Sinai Peninsula, the Dead Sea, and the Jordan River as well as the sites from the earlier chapters. 

2.       Be prepared to identify images of the Pantheon, the Roman Forum, the Pont du Gard, the Colosseum, Maison Carree, Trajan's Victory Column, Arch of Titus, and the Roman baths in Britain. Also be prepared to identify the following sculptures: Aphrodite of Melos, the Laocoon Group Augustus.

3.       Be prepared to identify the civilization during which representative works of art were produced.  This will include all the civilizations that we have studied.

4.       For each culture that we have discussed, review the major historical events.  (You do not have to worry about exact dates.)  For each culture, be sure that you understand the relationship between religious ideas and art and literature.  In particular, be sure that you understand the development and significance of the religious texts that have been assigned.

5.       Be sure you can identify the following  people , characters, and gods: Philip, Alexander, Epicurus, Diogenes, Julius Caesar, Octavian (Augustus Caesar), Plautus, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, Tacitus, Marcus Aurelius, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Tertullian, Origen, Jupiter, Juno, Venus, Mars, Aeneas, Dido.

6.       Be sure you know the cultural terms listed at the end of the chapters.

7.       As in the past, there will be some short answer questions on the primary source materials that were assigned.  In particular, there will be questions on Aristotle and Apuleius.

8.       There will be 10 points of extra credit on this exam.  These will be review questions on earlier material.

9.       The essay will be one of the following:

a        Aristotle claims that humans are political by nature. Explain how “nature” functions as both
a limit concept and an evaluative concept in Aristotle’s discussion of the political nature of humans, 
and the natural-ness of the polis.

b.       Explain and evaluate Aristotle’s basic definition of citizenship. Does this concept of
 citizenship lead more naturally to a “democratic” form of government (politiea) or a monarchical
 form of government? Explain and defend your answer.

c.        Using the story of Cupid and Psyche told in The Golden Ass compare and evaluate the 
“ethic” developed in Apuleius’ tale with that developed by Epicurus. Make sure you determine
 at least three strong points of comparison/contrast.

d.       How are the values that are implicitly advocated in the Aeneid different from those in 
the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad.  Develop and defend a thesis.