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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. A great statue of this goddess stands inside the west end of the central isle of the Parthenon.
(a) Demeter.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Athena.
(d) Aphrodites.

2. In 404 BC, these defense tools are demolished in a peace agreement.
(a) Arsenals.
(b) Long Walls.
(c) Canons.
(d) Ballistas.

3. This covered building is erected for the Panathenaic Games when Pericles decides to include musical events.
(a) Fourth century stoa.
(b) Dorpfeld Theater.
(c) Odeon.
(d) Temple of Dionysus.

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

5. These are used to channel water to the city of Athens.
(a) Metal pipes.
(b) Glass pipes.
(c) Clay pipes.
(d) Gold ditches.

Short Answer Questions

1. The final day of the festival is devoted to this.

2. This is found on the walls of many houses during the excavations at Olynthus in the 1930s.

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

4. The Patron God of Athens is _________.

5. In around 950 BC, Athens moves from a monarchy to this form of government.

(see the answer key)

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