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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. Who serve as police officers, in a sense, in Athens?
(a) Young men before they are of age to join the military.
(b) Public slaves.
(c) Women.
(d) Men of the military.

2. What is the only crime in Athens for which a woman can divorce her husband?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Theft.
(c) Murder.
(d) Continued abuse.

3. Much of the Greek clothing is made from this.
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wool.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Animal hair.

4. In around 950 BC, Athens moves from a monarchy to this form of government.
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Dictatorship.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Communism.

5. This is the king of the Gods.
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Ares.

Short Answer Questions

1. This person is the first to do a dramatic reading, thereby beginning the Greek drama.

2. Although no pictures of these have been found, we know these existed in fifth century Athens.

3. This is the political and legal center of the city of Athens.

4. 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.

5. This is the common form of Athenian currency.

(see the answer key)

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