Question 1
With regard to religion, the Greek city-states
a. showed the same respect as Near Eastern civilizations for the gods who directly or indirectly ruled the state.
b. moved away from theocracy toward a secular, rational state.
c. thoroughly rejected the mythological tradition.
d. took as a core principle the separation between religious and political life.
e. believed worship of the gods was an obstacle to patriotism.
Question 2
Which Roman writer is most closely associated with the development of a new poetry at the end of the Roman Republic?
a. Sallust
b. Cicero
c. Catullus
d. Plutarch
e. Virgil