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What is the name of the Ancient Greek storyteller who recorded fables about animals like "The Ant and the Grasshopper" which were meant to convey morals in entertaining ways?
Pyrrhus
Aesop
Creon
Rhodes
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What is the name of the painter of Florence history who crafted the works The Life of the Virgin and The Life of Christ in the Scrovegni Chapel of Padua?
Mercurius
Giotto
Dante
Albion
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Sun Tzu is an Ancient Chinese writer known for composing what text on military strategy and general life advice?
The Prince
The King and I
The Art of War
The Rings
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The artist Polygnotus of Ancient Greece was known for painting the legends of ancient heroes on which of the following?
Vases
Walls
Pillars
Masks
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What Ancient Greek poet is known as "The Father of Comedy" thanks to his works like "The Knights" and "The Frogs"?
Aristophanes
Palamedes
Homer
Callupeste
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Sir Thomas Malory is best-known for recording the English versions of the legends of what famous mythological figure?
Gilgamesh
King Arthur
Cu Chulainn
Stingy Jack
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The Akkadian scribe Sin-leqi-unninni recorded the epic myth of what demigod who legends claim built the walls of Sumeria?
Zarathustra
Gilgamesh
Khali
Hammurabi
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Apollonius of Rhodes recorded the myth of the voyage of Jason and his crew as they sailed on what ship to find the Golden Fleece?
The Hellen
The Argo
The Capacious
The Tyrant
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The artist Duccio was one of the premier painters of Europe during the Middle Ages. What nation was Duccio's homeland whose artistic identity he helped to carve out before the Renaissance?
Italy
England
Finland
Portugal
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King David of Israel is known for having written many religious hymns that appear in what book of the Bible that contains songs and poems meant for worship?
The Book of Deuteronomy
The Book of Numbers
The Book of Psalms
The Book of Job
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What is the name of the Greek philosopher and author known for writing the Socratic dialogues in his books like The Republic?
Titus
Romeo
Plato
Aristotle
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Geoffrey Chaucer recorded multiple humorous stories within what famous book of the Middle Ages?
The Legend of Anglos
The Chronicles of Dunbar
The Lord's Journals
The Canterbury Tales
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What is the name of the famous Florence sculptor whose statue of David helped reintroduce the freestanding male nude that would become a centerpiece of Renaissance sculpture?
Leonardo d Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
Raphael
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What is the name of the Ancient Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Socrates
Homer
Heracles
Orpheus
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Sesshu Toyo of Japan was an early master of what type of painting that saw the artist change the concentration of their inks to vary the qualities of the images they created?
Mosaic painting
Ink wash painting
Light breeze painting
Sample touch painting
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The author Valmiki wrote the famous Hindu epic Ramayana that described the exile and return to power of what figure?
Rama
Veras
Durhan
Khali
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Gilles Binchois helped to found the Burgundian School during the 15th Century. What art form did Binchois and his Burgundian School practice?
Dancing
Sculpture
Painting
Music
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What is the name of the Greek writer known as "The Father of Historians" because of his insistence on telling history as narratives of human actions instead of as products of the gods' deeds?
Thucydides
Eulipenes
Cirrus
Ptolemy
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Murasaki Shikibu of Japan is credited with writing the world's first novel. What is the name of this book about a prince growing up and learning responsibility from his experiences?
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
The Tale of Genji
Lord Azusa
The Wanderer's Tale
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Iaia was a painter of Ancient Rome who was also known for her carvings that she etched into what substance that came from elephants' tusks?
Mercury
Sulfur
Ivory
Pewter
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What Greek philosopher and author wrote the tragedy known as Oedipus Rex?
Heracles
Amphitryon
Draco
Sophocles
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What is the name of this famous sculpture by Alexandros of Antioch?
Aphrodite's Fate
Venus de Milo
Pigmalión
Magnificat
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What is the name of the Egyptian architect and priest who is accredited with designing the first step pyramids?
Akhenaten
Imhotep
Ramses
Hatshepsut
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Lou Quanzhong wrote what famous story accounting a period from 220 AD to 280 AD of China's ancient past?
The Fall of the Han Dynasty
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Beyond the Quan Rebellion
The Fire of the Yellow Turbans
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Dante Alighieri wrote what famous trilogy of poems about a fictional version of himself traversing the realms of the afterlife according to Catholic tradition?
Paradise Lost
Starry Night
The Screwtape Letters
The Divine Comedy
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The Italian artist Cimabue was a master of what style of painting that used small dots of color to create the illusion of a larger full image?
Fresco
Portrait
Impressionism
Mosaic
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What powerful writer and orator of Ancient Rome was known for his works such as On the Republic and On the Nature of the Gods in addition to his role in ending the Catline Conspiracy?
Cassius
Amenanes
Virgil
Cicero
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What saint called the Sybil of the Rhine is known for composing sacred monophony music and acting as a mystic of early Germany?
Hildegard of Bingen
Catherine of Siena
Rose of Lima
Regina Victorious
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Shen Zhou, one of China's Four Masters of the Ming Dynasty, was known for embodying the tenants of what philosophy/religion that originated in China and is also called Ruism?
Tryism
Laoism
Confucianism
Taoism
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What is the name of the Roman poet known for composing the Aeneid?
Sappho
Cyprus
Virgil
Carros
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