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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. This is a tradition for men where all would become so drunk they would need to be carried home by slaves.
(a) The Sinphon.
(b) The Symposion.
(c) The Drinking Room.
(d) The Cyphon.

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

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

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

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

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

9. The most famous Athenian trial is that of this person.
(a) Socrates.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Erechtheus.
(d) Xanxes.

10. What is the only crime in Athens for which a woman can divorce her husband?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Continued abuse.
(c) Murder.
(d) Theft.

11. The Pythian games are held at this place.
(a) Madrid.
(b) Crete.
(c) Olympia.
(d) Delphi.

12. This is the political and legal center of the city of Athens.
(a) The Oracle.
(b) The Long Walls.
(c) The Agora.
(d) The Acropolis.

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

14. 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.
(a) The Painted Stoa.
(b) The Acropolis.
(c) The Agora.
(d) The Long Walls.

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) Ostracism.
(b) Oligarchy.
(c) Orphism.
(d) Oracleism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The central activity of all Greek religion is this.

2. In 487 BC, laws are passed that dictate candidates for archonship must be chosen in this manner, instead of being elected.

3. It is estimated that the total Athenian military strength is around this many soldiers.

4. What do many Athenians do to unwanted children?

5. These types of Athenian houses are often built in connection to other houses.

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