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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 105 through 149.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Early Athenian tragedies are based on these.
(a) Bible stories.
(b) Personal stories.
(c) Well known legends.
(d) Children's literature.

2. The city is accessed through many of these built into the city walls.
(a) Ladders.
(b) Gates,
(c) Dungeons.
(d) Windows.

3. At the age of eighteen, Athenian boys must attend this.
(a) Civil assemblies.
(b) Military training.
(c) Charm school.
(d) Etiquette lessons.

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

5. Each household has one of these, dedicated to a specific God.
(a) Outbuilding.
(b) Shrine.
(c) Cross.
(d) Room.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poor, unlike the wealthy, often live in these.

2. The meat of a sacrificed animal is ____________.

3. The young aristocratic girls who are responsible for the sacred fire of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, are called:

4. This person, the designer of the building, puts together a team of sculptors to create the sculptures outside the Parthenon.

5. The only trilogy to survive from ancient Athens is this.

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