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

2. The only trilogy to survive from ancient Athens is this.
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Argos.
(d) Oresteia.

3. Although no pictures of these have been found, we know these existed in fifth century Athens.
(a) Canons.
(b) Ships.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Engines.

4. The ekklesia in fifth century Athens is the _________.
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Congress.
(c) Senate.
(d) Citizen assembly.

5. In 480 BC, a huge army under this Persian king breaks through the Spartan army at Thermopylae, and attacks Athens.
(a) Erechtheus.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Pisistratus.
(d) Xerxes,

Short Answer Questions

1. This is the king of the Gods.

2. The women of Athens are primarily expected to do this.

3. Hades is the god of this.

4. There are 144 of these in Rome, according to historical record.

5. Under this ruler, a land-locked inner basin is built which is linked to the Tiber via a canal.

(see the answer key)

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