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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is the common form of Athenian currency.
(a) Thesium.
(b) Enchala.
(c) Dollirium.
(d) Drachma.

2. In 404 BC, these defense tools are demolished in a peace agreement.
(a) Ballistas.
(b) Long Walls.
(c) Arsenals.
(d) Canons.

3. These events have a high risk of injury or death.
(a) Track events.
(b) Boxing.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Chariot races.

4. What is / are the most common forms of punishment in ancient Athens?
(a) Execution.
(b) Fines, confiscation of property, loss of rights, or exile.
(c) Flogging and branding.
(d) Imprisonment.

5. This festival held every summer to honor Athena is called this.
(a) Panathenaea.
(b) Pentatrithon.
(c) Pentalia.
(d) Pentalthelon.

6. At Olympia, women who watch the games are ___________________.
(a) Celebrated.
(b) Punished by death.
(c) Used as slaves.
(d) Considered lower class.

7. The first king of Athens is ________, who establishes worship of the Greek gods.
(a) Xerxes.
(b) Pisistratus.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Erechtheus.

8. This covered building is erected for the Panathenaic Games when Pericles decides to include musical events.
(a) Dorpfeld Theater.
(b) Fourth century stoa.
(c) Odeon.
(d) Temple of Dionysus.

9. Authors suggest there is a link between the theater and this.
(a) Athena.
(b) Xerxes tent.
(c) The Olympic games.
(d) Zeus.

10. These are used to channel water to the city of Athens.
(a) Clay pipes.
(b) Gold ditches.
(c) Glass pipes.
(d) Metal pipes.

11. These rooms are so small, they are difficult to distinguish among the ruins of Athenian ruins.
(a) Living rooms.
(b) Bathrooms.
(c) Dining rooms.
(d) Kitchens.

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

13. Priestesses answer practical questions of the present and future here.
(a) Clepsydra Fountain.
(b) Apollo at Delphi.
(c) Eleusis.
(d) Telesterium.

14. Most houses have lavatories, consisting of these.
(a) Clay vases and seats.
(b) Seat and bucket.
(c) Chamber pot and running water.
(d) Toilet and running water.

15. The women of Athens are primarily expected to do this.
(a) Attend community theater events, and be highly social.
(b) Go to work, and support the family.
(c) Attend functions with her husband.
(d) Stay home and care for the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. The athletic events are intended to train men for this.

2. This is the king of the Gods.

3. In 480 BC, a huge army under this Persian king breaks through the Spartan army at Thermopylae, and attacks Athens.

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

5. ___________ is credited with building the first stage.

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