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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. In 487 BC, laws are passed that dictate candidates for archonship must be chosen in this manner, instead of being elected.
(a) By lot.
(b) By assembly.
(c) By an election of kings.
(d) By chance.

2. The final day of the festival is devoted to this.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Races.
(c) A feast.
(d) Prizes.

3. Domestic slaves are treated as these.
(a) Free adults.
(b) Less than animals.
(c) Women, with no rights.
(d) Members of the family.

4. Most houses have lavatories, consisting of these.
(a) Toilet and running water.
(b) Clay vases and seats.
(c) Chamber pot and running water.
(d) Seat and bucket.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The athletic events are intended to train men for this.

2. 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.

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

4. These types of Athenian houses are often built in connection to other houses.

5. A great statue of this goddess stands inside the west end of the central isle of the Parthenon.

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