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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is considered to this day to be the father of medicine, from Athens?
(a) Exonerous.
(b) Thiladius.
(c) Socrates,
(d) Hippocrates.

2. Juries in Athens for criminal trials have a range of members that include this many people.
(a) 21 - 201 people.
(b) 201 - 2001 people.
(c) 2001 - 20,001 people.
(d) 1 - 21 people.

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

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

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

6. Ancient walls around the city are believed to have been built in ____.
(a) Both 5th and 6th century BC.
(b) 8th century AD.
(c) 5th century BC.
(d) 6th century BC.

7. This person is the first to do a dramatic reading, thereby beginning the Greek drama.
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Thespis.
(d) Hermes.

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

9. Domestic slaves are treated as these.
(a) Less than animals.
(b) Free adults.
(c) Women, with no rights.
(d) Members of the family.

10. This is the best known storehouse for the equipment of the large Athenian navy.
(a) Arsenal of Athens.
(b) Arsenal of Delphi.
(c) Arsenal of Phaleron.
(d) Arsenal of Philon.

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

12. This event consists of discus, long jump, javelin, sprinting, and wrestling.
(a) Triada.
(b) Panhellenic.
(c) Panathenaic.
(d) Pentathlon.

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

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

15. The central activity of all Greek religion is this.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Tithing.
(c) Service.
(d) Prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who serve as police officers, in a sense, in Athens?

2. This is the common form of Athenian currency.

3. What is / are the most common forms of punishment in ancient Athens?

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

5. Hades is the god of this.

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