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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. This person, the designer of the building, puts together a team of sculptors to create the sculptures outside the Parthenon.
(a) Palanthian.
(b) Elgin.
(c) Carrey.
(d) Phidias.

2. The population of Rome in the 2nd century AD is about this many.
(a) 1,200.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 1,200,000.
(d) 120,000.

3. The most famous Athenian trial is that of this person.
(a) Socrates.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Erechtheus.
(d) Xanxes.

4. It is estimated that the total Athenian military strength is around this many soldiers.
(a) 450.
(b) 4500.
(c) Half a million.
(d) 45,000.

5. This covered building is erected for the Panathenaic Games when Pericles decides to include musical events.
(a) Odeon.
(b) Temple of Dionysus.
(c) Dorpfeld Theater.
(d) Fourth century stoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is / are the most common forms of punishment in ancient Athens?

2. These allow state payments to be made for performance of civic duty, thereby allowing the poor to participate in politics.

3. In 487 BC, laws are passed that dictate candidates for archonship must be chosen in this manner, instead of being elected.

4. Priestesses answer practical questions of the present and future here.

5. This ruler is given the title of imperator and Augustus in 27 BC, which changes Rome from a Republic to a Principate.

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