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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the age of eighteen, Athenian boys must attend this.
(a) Charm school.
(b) Military training.
(c) Etiquette lessons.
(d) Civil assemblies.

2. 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) Imprisonment.
(d) Flogging and branding.

3. 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) Oligarchy.
(c) Ostracism.
(d) Oracleism.

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

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

6. This is where the boule meets.
(a) Bouleuterion.
(b) Boulestoa.
(c) Agora.
(d) The Acropolis.

7. These houses are cut into the hillside.
(a) Workshop houses.
(b) Semi-detached houses.
(c) Hill houses.
(d) Block houses.

8. These types of Athenian houses are often built in connection to other houses.
(a) Workshop houses.
(b) Semi-detached houses.
(c) Hill houses.
(d) Block houses.

9. This is the king of the Gods.
(a) Hermes.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Ares.
(d) Zeus.

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

11. In around 950 BC, Athens moves from a monarchy to this form of government.
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Communism.

12. It is estimated that the total Athenian military strength is around this many soldiers.
(a) 450.
(b) Half a million.
(c) 4500.
(d) 45,000.

13. The final day of the festival is devoted to this.
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Races.
(c) Prizes.
(d) A feast.

14. Sophocles and Euripides are considered the best of these.
(a) Greek musicians.
(b) Greek performers.
(c) Greek playwrights.
(d) Greek comedians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over half the population of Attica are this.

2. The meat of a sacrificed animal is ____________.

3. Sophocles is said to have introduced this.

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

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

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