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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. This person, the designer of the building, puts together a team of sculptors to create the sculptures outside the Parthenon.
(a) Palanthian.
(b) Elgin.
(c) Carrey.
(d) Phidias.

9. This many main Gods are worshiped in Athens.
(a) Two.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Twenty.

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

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

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

13. To protect its food supply, Athens decides they require a strong navy, the architect of which is this person.
(a) Delphi.
(b) Xerxes.
(c) Themistocles.
(d) Erechtheus.

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

15. Sophocles is said to have introduced this.
(a) Music.
(b) Scenery.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Masks.

Short Answer Questions

1. These objects are sparse, and generally made of wood.

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

3. Domestic slaves are treated as these.

4. This is built following the Persian retreat from Athens, and is a place where meetings can occur, philosophers can expound, and business can take place.

5. The Patron God of Athens is _________.

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