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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Over half the population of Attica are this.
(a) Farmers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Philosophers.

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

4. Hades is the god of this.
(a) The Underworld.
(b) Prophecy.
(c) The Sea.
(d) Athens.

5. This house displays an early example of the Masonry style, with plaster molded into rectangles in different colors.
(a) The House of Many Colors.
(b) The House of Rainbows.
(c) The House of Many Designs.
(d) The House of Many Shapes.

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

7. These objects are sparse, and generally made of wood.
(a) Doorways.
(b) Window frames.
(c) Bathtubs.
(d) Furniture.

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

9. The oligarchic government of thirty pro-Spartan aristocrats who rule the Athenians following the war with Sparta is called this.
(a) The Thirty Tyrants.
(b) The Thirty Rulers.
(c) The Thirty Angels.
(d) The Thirty Devils.

10. This is the market place and political center of Athens in the fifth century.
(a) Attica.
(b) Agora.
(c) Persia.
(d) Forum.

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

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

13. The meat of a sacrificed animal is ____________.
(a) Thrown away following the ceremony.
(b) Eaten following the ceremony.
(c) Buried following the ceremony.
(d) Fed to animals following the ceremony.

14. The Patron God of Athens is _________.
(a) Hades.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Ares.
(d) Athena.

15. This is a process used in ancient Athens whereby if a certain number of individuals believe a person to be a threat to democracy, he or she can be banished from the city for ten years.
(a) Orphism.
(b) Oracleism.
(c) Ostracism.
(d) Oligarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is a tradition for men where all would become so drunk they would need to be carried home by slaves.

2. The most famous Athenian trial is that of this person.

3. Sophocles is said to have introduced this.

4. To protect its food supply, Athens decides they require a strong navy, the architect of which is this person.

5. This is found on the walls of many houses during the excavations at Olynthus in the 1930s.

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