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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 105 through 149.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over half the population of Attica are this.
(a) Businessmen.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Philosophers.

2. Grain to feed the population comes from here.
(a) South Africa and China.
(b) Egypt and North Africa.
(c) Europe and North America.
(d) Egypt and China.

3. This is the amount sculptors are paid per sculpture for working on the sculptures from the Erechtheum.
(a) 1000 drachmae.
(b) 100 drachmae.
(c) 6000 drachmae.
(d) 60 drachmae.

4. Augustus focuses on creating this form of government.
(a) Republican.
(b) Autocratic.
(c) Communist.
(d) Democratic.

5. This festival held every summer to honor Athena is called this.
(a) Panathenaea.
(b) Pentalthelon.
(c) Pentatrithon.
(d) Pentalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is the political and legal center of the city of Athens.

2. Hades is the god of this.

3. This person, the designer of the building, puts together a team of sculptors to create the sculptures outside the Parthenon.

4. 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.

5. These types of Athenian houses are often built in connection to other houses.

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