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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. In 480 BC, a huge army under this Persian king breaks through the Spartan army at Thermopylae, and attacks Athens.
(a) Pisistratus.
(b) Xerxes,
(c) Erechtheus.
(d) Themistocles.

2. In 487 BC, laws are passed that dictate candidates for archonship must be chosen in this manner, instead of being elected.
(a) By assembly.
(b) By chance.
(c) By lot.
(d) By an election of kings.

3. The ekklesia in fifth century Athens is the _________.
(a) Citizen assembly.
(b) Congress.
(c) Senate.
(d) Monarchy.

4. The city is accessed through many of these built into the city walls.
(a) Windows.
(b) Gates,
(c) Dungeons.
(d) Ladders.

5. This is the market place and political center of Athens in the fifth century.
(a) Persia.
(b) Forum.
(c) Agora.
(d) Attica.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members are there in the boule?

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

3. This is where the boule meets.

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

5. Juries in Athens for criminal trials have a range of members that include this many people.

(see the answer key)

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