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

2. 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.
(a) The Long Walls.
(b) The Agora.
(c) The Painted Stoa.
(d) The Acropolis.

3. Over half the population of Attica are this.
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Farmers.

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

5. 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.
(a) Oracleism.
(b) Ostracism.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Orphism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who serve as police officers, in a sense, in Athens?

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

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

5. This is where the boule meets.

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