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

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

3. This house displays an early example of the Masonry style, with plaster molded into rectangles in different colors.
(a) The House of Rainbows.
(b) The House of Many Designs.
(c) The House of Many Shapes.
(d) The House of Many Colors.

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

5. The first king of Athens is ________, who establishes worship of the Greek gods.
(a) Theseus.
(b) Xerxes.
(c) Erechtheus.
(d) Pisistratus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over half the population of Attica are this.

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

3. Domestic slaves are treated as these.

4. Most houses have lavatories, consisting of these.

5. It is estimated that the total Athenian military strength is around this many soldiers.

(see the answer key)

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