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

2. Domestic slaves are treated as these.
(a) Women, with no rights.
(b) Members of the family.
(c) Free adults.
(d) Less than animals.

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

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

5. To stave off future attacks, the Athenians build this to help protect their city.
(a) A wall.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A large gunship.
(d) A cannon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The city is accessed through many of these built into the city walls.

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

3. 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.

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

5. This is built following the Persian retreat from Athens, and is a place where meetings can occur, philosophers can expound, and business can take place.

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