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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 190 through 251.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is a process used in ancient Athens whereby if a certain number of individuals believe a person to be a threat to democracy, he or she can be banished from the city for ten years.
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Orphism.
(c) Oracleism.
(d) Ostracism.

2. Most houses have lavatories, consisting of these.
(a) Seat and bucket.
(b) Chamber pot and running water.
(c) Clay vases and seats.
(d) Toilet and running water.

3. The Hellenised Egyptian goddess ____ also has a cult in Rome.
(a) Gelda.
(b) Era.
(c) Isis.
(d) Mithras.

4. The young aristocratic girls who are responsible for the sacred fire of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, are called:
(a) Vestal vicars.
(b) Vestal Vipers.
(c) Vestal Virgins.
(d) Vestal priestesses.

5. This is the most sophisticated of the art forms in Roman theater.
(a) Mime.
(b) Pantomime.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Drama.

Short Answer Questions

1. The entrance to the basilica from the forum of the Trajan's Forum is depicted on this.

2. The Pythian games are held at this place.

3. The first king of Athens is ________, who establishes worship of the Greek gods.

4. Early Athenian tragedies are based on these.

5. What do many Athenians do to unwanted children?

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