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1. Which was the standard book hand of the Classical Period?
Half Uncials
Rustic Capitals
Square Capitals
Uncials

2. When did Aristophanes of Byzantium add accentuation to Greek manuscripts?
Byzantine Period
Classical Period
Hellenistic Period
Medieval Period

3. As Aristarchus devised it, what did an asteriskos mark?
Noteworthy point of language
Order of lines reversed
Spurious passage
Verse incorrectly repeated in another passage

4. What is the name of the first step in restoring an original manuscript?
editio princeps
emendatio
examinatio
recensio

5. Whose secretary developed the abbreviation ampersand?
Aristophanes of Byzantium
Callimachus
Cicero
Quintilian

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