CVSP 201 Final, Spring 1997

CIVILIZATION SEQUENCE 201 FINAL EXAMINATION 2 Hours June 11, 1997 Prof. M. Amyuni Student's : Student's Num: Required section (50%) I. Answer very briefly the following questions (3 - 5 lines): 1. What is the basic philosophy of life of Lucretius? 2. What is the basic approach to ethics by Aristotle? What is the basic contrast drawn by Virgil between Aeneas's temperament and Dido's? What is the basic dilemna within Gilgamesh? What is the basic urge in Odysseus when the epic opens and for what reason? ONE of the following topics (50%) Discuss with examples fifth century Athens as we have met it in Oedipus the King, The Apology and The Peloponnesian War (the concept of the Polis, the sense of crisis, the vision of Man, etc.) Then, reflect on Plato's reaction to this sense of crisis, also to the Polis and the vision of Man. Does he offer alternatives or solutions and in what terms? OR We have met several types of leaders in our course: Gilgamesh, Odysseus, Oedipus, Creon, Diodotus, Cleon, Socrates, Pericles, Aeneas etc. Select 4-5 of them and discuss their approaches to their leadership and to the people they lead.