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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. Although no pictures of these have been found, we know these existed in fifth century Athens.
(a) Ships.
(b) Cranes.
(c) Engines.
(d) Canons.

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

3. The Panathenaic Games are only for these people.
(a) Athenians.
(b) All Greeks.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Women.

4. The most famous Athenian trial is that of this person.
(a) Erechtheus.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Xanxes.

5. These rooms are so small, they are difficult to distinguish among the ruins of Athenian ruins.
(a) Bathrooms.
(b) Dining rooms.
(c) Kitchens.
(d) Living rooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members are there in the boule?

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

3. The first king of Athens is ________, who establishes worship of the Greek gods.

4. The oligarchic government of thirty pro-Spartan aristocrats who rule the Athenians following the war with Sparta is called this.

5. This person, the designer of the building, puts together a team of sculptors to create the sculptures outside the Parthenon.

(see the answer key)

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