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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 Pythian games are held at this place.
(a) Olympia.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Crete.

2. What do many Athenians do to unwanted children?
(a) Give them up for adoption.
(b) Abort them.
(c) Murder them.
(d) Expose them to the elements to die.

3. This is the amount sculptors are paid per sculpture for working on the sculptures from the Erechtheum.
(a) 6000 drachmae.
(b) 60 drachmae.
(c) 1000 drachmae.
(d) 100 drachmae.

4. Over half the population of Attica are this.
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Politicians.

5. This is where the boule meets.
(a) Bouleuterion.
(b) The Acropolis.
(c) Agora.
(d) Boulestoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sophocles and Euripides are considered the best of these.

2. In around 950 BC, Athens moves from a monarchy to this form of government.

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

4. The Patron God of Athens is _________.

5. Wealthy sons of Athenians are tutored by these, beginning around age seven.

(see the answer key)

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