111. The occupation of Jerusalem by Antiochus IV led to a Jewish revolt that is celebrated today in the Jewish holiday of
(A) Rosh Hashanah
(B) Hanukkah
(C) Yom Kippur
(D) the Sabbath
(E) Passover
112. All of the following are true of Alexander the Great EXCEPT that
(A) he led a combined Macedonian and Greek army against Persia
(B) he wanted to receive the same honors as a god
(C) he modeled himself on Achilles, the hero of Homer’s Iliad
(D) his soldiers were intensely loyal and would follow him anywhere
(E) he spread Greek colonists and culture through ancient southwestern Asia
113. Alexander the Great smashed Darius III and ended the Persian (Achaemenid) Empire at the battle of
(A) Gaugamela (Arbela)
(B) Ipsus
(C) Chaeronea
(D) Issus
(E) Thymbra (Sardis)
114. In The Republic, Plato wrote about
(A) a system for international peace
(B) the importance of monotheism for a successful city-state
(C) ideal forms of government
(D) why poets should play an important role in a city-state’s government
(E) why people should avoid caves
115. The Diadochi were
(A) an informal group of realistic Hellenistic sculptors
(B) peripatetic philosophers
(C) rival successors to Alexander the Great
(D) the dynasty of Macedonian kings that succeeded Alexander
(E) the advisers to Mithradites who helped created the kingdom of Pontus
116. After the Peloponnesian War, Athens’s economy slowly revived because of trade and
(A) a production boom in the silver mines
(B) plunder taken from military expeditions
(C) the production of goods in homes and small shops
(D) the return of soldiers from the war
(E) the destruction of the Long Walls in 393 BCE
117. The influence of Greek culture during the Hellenistic period was strongest among
(A) urban populations in Egypt and southwestern Asia
(B) farmers in the Persian countryside
(C) the Romans
(D) the people of western India
(E) merchants in North Africa and southern Europe
118. Aristotle’s followers were known as
(A) Sophists
(B) Republicans
(C) Peripatetics
(D) Academicians
(E) Stoics
119. All of the following are true of Stoicism EXCEPT that
(A) its followers believed human actions had meaning if taken in the pursuit of virtue
(B) its followers believed politics were incompatible with virtue
(C) its followers believed fate controlled everything
(D) it was founded by Zeno of Citium
(E) its philosophy advocated equal citizenship for women
120. Menander is famous as
(A) one of the greatest writers of Greek tragedies
(B) the man who moved Hellenistic sculpture to a more emotional perspective
(C) the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy
(D) the originator of the idea of philosophical materialism
(E) the ingenious architect who laid out the street plan for Alexandria, Egypt
121. All of the following are true of Arsinoë II EXCEPT that she
(A) began the tradition of Ptolemaic sibling marriages
(B) played a major role in politics in Thrace
(C) was a coruler of Egypt
(D) maneuvered to have Seleucus conquer the kingdom of Lysimachus
(E) was the oldest surviving child of Ptolemy I
122. The percentage of the population of the Hellenistic kingdoms that worked as peasant farmers was about
(A) 20 percent
(B) 40 percent
(C) 60 percent
(D) 80 percent
(E) 99 percent
123. The person who is often called the “father of geometry” is
(A) Archimedes
(B) Euclid
(C) Pythagoras
(D) Hipparchus
(E) Thales
124. Plato’s philosophy held that the absolute virtues were the only true reality, and he called them
(A) dialogues
(B) forms
(C) guardians
(D) auxiliaries
(E) helots
125. Artistic expression in the Hellenistic kingdoms focused largely on
(A) the lives of monarchs
(B) political issues
(C) individual emotions
(D) foreign policy
(E) city life
126. The research institute in Alexandria was called the
(A) Museum
(B) Lyceum
(C) Academy
(D) Stoa
(E) Pinakes
127. In 301 BCE, at the battle of Ipsus,
(A) Alexander the Great captured northern India
(B) Ptolemy II became sole ruler of Egypt and declared himself pharaoh
(C) Antigonus’s defeat led to the final breakup of Alexander’s empire
(D) Seleucus lost control of Persia to Egyptian forces under Cassander
(E) the Diadochi took over the old Persian Empire
128. All of the following are true of Archimedes EXCEPT that he
(A) invented Greek fire
(B) explained the principle of the lever
(C) invented the screw pump known as Archimedes’s screw
(D) discovered the principle of buoyancy that bears his name
(E) made several noted mathematical discoveries
129. Women in Hellenistic culture excelled as
(A) monumental sculptors
(B) neo-Platonist philosophers
(C) masters of epigrammatic poetry
(D) New Comedy playwrights
(E) writers with royal patronage
130. One of the main ways Macedonian kings maintained effective rule was through
(A) support from powerful nobles
(B) alliances with Greek city-states
(C) sustaining a large slave population
(D) infrequent military invasions
(E) downplaying their ethnic heritage
131. All of the following are true of Alexandria in Egypt EXCEPT that
(A) the city no longer exists because Julius Caesar burned it down in 48 BCE
(B) it had the largest Jewish population in the world during the Hellenistic period
(C) it had an extraordinary library
(D) its lighthouse was one of the so-called Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
(E) it was located on the Mediterranean Sea
132. Local men could advance within the administration of the Hellenistic kingdoms by learning
(A) rhetoric
(B) geometry
(C) philosophy
(D) Greek
(E) mathematics
133. Laocoön and His Sons is a famous Hellenistic
(A) historical painting
(B) sculpture
(C) opera
(D) comedy of manners
(E) tragedy
134. During the Hellenistic period, all of the following were forms of religious expression EXCEPT
(A) the worship of healing divinities
(B) ruler cults
(C) the cult of Isis
(D) the cult of Caracalla
(E) Jewish worship at the Second Temple
135. Aristarchus of Samos is known as the
(A) first scientist in Europe to dissect cadavers
(B) developer of the paideia school of child-rearing
(C) originator of the theory that the world is made of atoms
(D) genius behind the first geometric axioms
(E) creator of a heliocentric model of the solar system
136. Epicureans taught all of the following EXCEPT that
(A) the universe is infinite and eternal
(B) women and slaves could be regular members of their school
(C) all human knowledge is based on experience and perception
(D) active citizenship is an overrated way to achieve happiness
(E) the gods reward and punish humans in this life, not the next one
137. For their service in the royal armies of the Hellenistic kingdoms, professional soldiers from Greece and Macedonia received
(A) weapons
(B) slaves
(C) land grants
(D) precious stones
(E) pensions
138. The so-called successor kings to Alexander divided his empire into which three new kingdoms?
(A) Macedonian, Persian, and Egyptian
(B) Antigonid, Seleucid, and Ptolemaic
(C) Attalid, Macedonian, and Ptolemaic
(D) Seleucid, Bactrian, and Parthian
(E) Ptolemaic, Cassandran, and Antipaterian
139. In Book II of Politics, Aristotle wrote, “Even when laws have been written down, they should not always remain unaltered.” This is the basic principle behind
(A) checks and balances
(B) federalism
(C) amendments to a constitution
(D) the three-fifths compromise
(E) division of powers
140. All of the following are true about the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE EXCEPT that
(A) it ended Greek independence for decades
(B) it led to the creation of a federation of Greek states
(C) the winning general was Alexander the Great
(D) the forces of Athens and Thebes were destroyed
(E) it unified Greece under Macedonian control
141. All of the following were true of Philip II EXCEPT that
(A) he was the father of Alexander the Great
(B) he was assassinated in 336 BCE
(C) he was a skilled military innovator and leader
(D) his ultimate goal was to conquer Greece
(E) he formed the League of Corinth
142. Diogenes was a
(A) Stoic
(B) Epicurean
(C) Peripatetic
(D) Cynic
(E) Neoplatonist
143. The wealthy capital of the kingdom of the Attalids in western Anatolia was
(A) Pergamum
(B) Bactra
(C) Antioch
(D) Cyrene
(E) Tyre
144. Basic characteristics of Hellenistic culture included all of the following EXCEPT
(A) the overwhelming impact of royal wealth
(B) a concentration on private rather than public matters
(C) an increased interaction among diverse peoples
(D) a shared culture based on the use of the Macedonian language
(E) a fusion of the ancient Greek world with the cultures of the Middle East and southwestern Asia
145. All of the following advanced the fields of science or anatomy in the Hellenistic age EXCEPT
(A) Ctesibius
(B) Erasistratus
(C) Praxagoras of Cos
(D) Herophilos of Chalcedon