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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Athens, Pages 9 through 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wealthy sons of Athenians are tutored by these, beginning around age seven.
(a) Women.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Slaves.

2. Who serve as police officers, in a sense, in Athens?
(a) Men of the military.
(b) Women.
(c) Young men before they are of age to join the military.
(d) Public slaves.

3. This is the common form of Athenian currency.
(a) Enchala.
(b) Drachma.
(c) Thesium.
(d) Dollirium.

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

5. Ancient walls around the city are believed to have been built in ____.
(a) 8th century AD.
(b) 5th century BC.
(c) 6th century BC.
(d) Both 5th and 6th century BC.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ekklesia in fifth century Athens is the _________.

2. What is the only crime in Athens for which a woman can divorce her husband?

3. This is the market place and political center of Athens in the fifth century.

4. It is estimated that the total Athenian military strength is around this many soldiers.

5. In 480 BC, a huge army under this Persian king breaks through the Spartan army at Thermopylae, and attacks Athens.

(see the answer key)

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