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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Athens, Pages 48 through 102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is / are the most common forms of punishment in ancient Athens?
(a) Flogging and branding.
(b) Execution.
(c) Fines, confiscation of property, loss of rights, or exile.
(d) Imprisonment.

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

3. To protect its food supply, Athens decides they require a strong navy, the architect of which is this person.
(a) Delphi.
(b) Erechtheus.
(c) Xerxes.
(d) Themistocles.

4. Early Athenian tragedies are based on these.
(a) Well known legends.
(b) Bible stories.
(c) Personal stories.
(d) Children's literature.

5. The meat of a sacrificed animal is ____________.
(a) Buried following the ceremony.
(b) Thrown away following the ceremony.
(c) Eaten following the ceremony.
(d) Fed to animals following the ceremony.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is considered to this day to be the father of medicine, from Athens?

2. Much of the Greek clothing is made from this.

3. Wealthy sons of Athenians are tutored by these, beginning around age seven.

4. Authors suggest there is a link between the theater and this.

5. Sophocles is said to have introduced this.

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