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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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) 6000 drachmae.
(d) 1000 drachmae.

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

6. The athletic events are intended to train men for this.
(a) Sports.
(b) Farming.
(c) War.
(d) Gladiator fights.

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

8. In 480 BC, a huge army under this Persian king breaks through the Spartan army at Thermopylae, and attacks Athens.
(a) Pisistratus.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Xerxes,
(d) Erechtheus.

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

10. A great statue of this goddess stands inside the west end of the central isle of the Parthenon.
(a) Hermes.
(b) Aphrodites.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Athena.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Domestic slaves are treated as these.

2. This many main Gods are worshiped in Athens.

3. The first king of Athens is ________, who establishes worship of the Greek gods.

4. Marriage in Athens is _______.

5. The only trilogy to survive from ancient Athens is this.

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