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

2. The women of Athens are primarily expected to do this.
(a) Stay home and care for the family.
(b) Go to work, and support the family.
(c) Attend community theater events, and be highly social.
(d) Attend functions with her husband.

3. Authors suggest there is a link between the theater and this.
(a) Athena.
(b) The Olympic games.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Xerxes tent.

4. Sophocles and Euripides are considered the best of these.
(a) Greek performers.
(b) Greek comedians.
(c) Greek musicians.
(d) Greek playwrights.

5. ___________ is credited with building the first stage.
(a) Hermes.
(b) Thespis.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Xerxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The central activity of all Greek religion is this.

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

3. The most famous Athenian trial is that of this person.

4. This is where the boule meets.

5. These allow state payments to be made for performance of civic duty, thereby allowing the poor to participate in politics.

(see the answer key)

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