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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 150 through 189.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is found on the walls of many houses during the excavations at Olynthus in the 1930s.
(a) Painted vases.
(b) Painted plaster.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Painted canvas.

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

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

4. Sophocles is said to have introduced this.
(a) Masks.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Scenery.
(d) Music.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. This surrounds the birth of a Roman child.

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

3. This altar is built on the Campus Martius to commemorate the victories of the emperor in Spain.

4. These are used by women extensively in Roman times.

5. ___________ is credited with building the first stage.

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