Study Guide for the Second Exam


 

The second exam will be similar in format to the first exam.  It will cover of Chapters 3 and 4 of WH.  It will also cover the readings from Plato, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War, Epicurus' "Letter to Menoeceus," Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, and Euripedes’ The Trojan Women .  The exam is cumulative so you should review material from the first exam. There will also be extra credit review material.

 

1. You will be shown images on the screen and asked identify the civilization within which works of art and architecture were produced.  Be able to identify Paleolithic, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Minoan, Mycenaean, Archaic Greek, Hellenic Greek, and Hellenistic works of art and architecture.
   
    
2. Be able to identify the Second Temple of of Hera, the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, and the theater at Epidauros.  Also be able to identify Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, Doryphoros,  Athena Parthenos, Aphrodite of Melos, and the Laocoon Group.   Be sure to review the earlier buildings.
   
    
3. Know these people and gods:
   Gods: Dionysus, Apollo, Athena, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hermes
   Leaders: Pericles, Darius, Xerxes, Philip, Alexander
   Philosophers: Protagorus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus
   Playwrights: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
   Historians: Herodotus, Thucydides
4. Scientist and mathematicians: Euclid, Archimedes
   Architects and sculptors: Ictinus and Callicrates, Polykleitos, Praxiteles, Phidias.
   Others: Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra, Helen, Io

5. Review the cultural terms at the end of Chapter 3 and 4 as well as the earlier chapters.  Emphasize Hellenic, Hellenistic, Dionysia, tragedy, chorus, satyr-play, idealism, Platonism, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, contrapposto, koine, Skepticism, Epicurianism, Stoicism, logos, and cosmopolitanism.
   
    
6. Study the map on pages 64 and 96.  Know the locations of Athens, Sparta, the Black Sea, the Ionian Sea, the center of the  Persian Empire, Alexandria, Antioch, and the Strait of Bosphorus.  Review the earlier locations as well.
    
7. Know the order and significance of major historical events such as the Persian Wars, the formation of the Delian League, and the Peloponnesian War, and the Spartan and Theban hegemony.
   
    
8. Be prepared to answer short-answer questions on the major primary sources in philosophy, history, and literature.  There may be more emphasis on this section than there was on the first exam.
   
    
9. There will be 10 points of extra credit review questions on this exam.

Author: Hollace Graff
Oakton Community College
Updated: February 24, 2009