Ancient Studies - Semester Exam Review 2016 – Rogers/Tuttle
Exam Review Assignments
Come to class prepared to give a two-minute presentation on how your assigned character answers the
essay question under review for that day.
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12/3
E Period
B Period
1) The Greek Hero: How did the Concept Evolve?
What made each of these figures heroic? For what qualities did they receive respect or admiration?
Achilles
Caroline, Zac
Thomas, Grace
Odysseus
Joseph
S’Khaja, Kyzik
Themistocles
Madeleine
Sophi
Pericles
Matthew
Julia
Socrates
Wallace, Karen
Corey
2) Hubris: How does God bring the lofty low?
How did the lives and careers of these individuals (and one society) exhibit hubris? To what degree
or in what sense were they “lofty”? And to what degree and in what sense were they brought “low”?
Did they deserve their reversal of fortune?
Xerxes
Mary Elizabeth
Connor
Pericles
Maddy
Sara Frances
Athenian Empire
Bonnie
Sasha
Oedipus
Jimmy
Trace
Creon
Mei Mei
Jake
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12/5
E Period
B Period
3) Athenian Democracy: Did it Work?
What role did these figures play in the evolution of Athenian democracy? Did Athenian democracy
work effectively in their time? Did they think that democracy helped Athens? Did they think that
democracy helped them as individuals?
Cleisthenes
Madeleine
Julia
Themistocles
Matthew
Corey
Pericles
Wallace
Connor
Socrates
Karen
Sara Frances
4) Greek Women: What were their Expectations and Achievements?
How did these various Greek women respond to the expectations, limits, and/or opportunities their
society imposed on them? How much did they achieve?
Penelope
Mary Elizabeth
Sasha
Andromache
Maddy
Trace
Helen
Bonnie
Jake
Spartan Women
Jimmy
Grace
Athenian Women
Mei Mei
Kyzik
Jocasta
Caroline
Thoma
Antigone
Zac
S’Khaja
Ismene
Joseph
Sophi
Ancient Studies - Semester Exam Review 2016 – Rogers/Tuttle
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12/6
E Period
B Period
5) Fate and Free Will: Can humans shape their own destiny?
To what degree did these figures follow the dictates of fate? And to what degree did they try to
exercise their own free will? What role did oracles play in their lives? Did these figures follow the
instructions of the oracle or rebel against them?
Achilles
Karen
Sara Frances
Themistocles
Mary Elizabeth
Sasha
Leonidas
Maddy
Trace
Antigone
Bonnie
Jake
Oedipus
Jimmy
Grace
Socrates
Mei Mei
Kyzik
6) Expedience and Justice: What Is Useful vs. What Is Right
What position did these figures take on the question of expedience vs. justice, or on what is useful vs.
what is right? What did they say about this topic? And what do their actions show on these
questions?
Odysseus
Caroline
Thomas
Cleon
Zac
S’Khaja
Diodotus
Josepj
Sophi
Athenian envoy to Melos Madeleine
Julia
Creon
Matthew
Corey
Antigone
Wallace
Connor
Socrates
Karen
Sasha
Strepsiades
Mary Elizabeth
Connor
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E Period
B Period
7) Core Question: What Do I Owe to the State?
How would these figures answer this core question? What did they say about this topic? And what
do their actions show?
Agamemnon
Bonnie
Jake
Achilles
Jimmy
Grace
Antigone
Mei Mei
Kyzik
Creon
Caroline
Thomas
Leonidas
Zac
S’Khaja
Spartan Women
Joseph
Sophi
Pericles
Madeleine
Julia
Socrates
Matthew
Corey
8) Core Question: What Do I Owe to the Gods?
How would these figures answer this core question? What did they say about this topic? And what
do their actions show?
Achilles
Wallace
Connor
Odysseus
Karen
Sara Frances
Telemachus
Mary Elizabeth
Sasha
Socrates
Maddy
Trace
Antigone
Bonnie
Grace
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12/9
E Period
B Period
9) Core Question: What Do I Owe to the Dead?
How would these figures answer this core question? What did they say about this topic? And what
do their actions show?
Achilles
Mei Mei
Kyzik
Priam
Jimmy
Jake
Socrates
Maddy
Trace
Antigone
Mary Elizabeth
Sasha
10) Core Question: What Is Worth Dying For?
How would these figures answer this core question? What did they say about this topic? And what
do their actions show?
Patroclus
Karen
Sara Frances
Hector
Wallace
Connor
Achilles
Matthew
Corey
Leonidas
Madeleine
Julia
Pericles
Joseph
Sophi
Socrates
Zac
S’Khaja
Antigone
Caroline
Thomas