During the fourth and fifth centuries BC, literary, theatrical, musical, and visual arts flourished in Greece on a level unmatched until the Renaissance some two thousand years later. This period in Greece’s history is referred to as the ______.

a. Roman Empire
b. Stone Age
c. Bronze Age
d. Hellenistic Age
e. Classical Age

e. Classical Age

a. Incorrect. Though the Roman Empire plays an important role in Greece’s history, that is not what this period is called.
b. Incorrect. The Stone Age long predates this period of artistic flourishing in Greece’s history.
c. Incorrect. The Bronze Age predates this period of artistic flourishing in Greece’s history.
d. Incorrect. The Hellenistic Age is an important artistic period in Greece’s history, but it comes after the fourth and fifth centuries BC.
e. Correct. This period of artistic flourishing is called the Classical Age.