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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Much of the Greek clothing is made from this.
(a) Cotton.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Animal hair.
(d) Wool.

3. What is / are the most common forms of punishment in ancient Athens?
(a) Execution.
(b) Flogging and branding.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) Fines, confiscation of property, loss of rights, or exile.

4. At Olympia, women who watch the games are ___________________.
(a) Considered lower class.
(b) Used as slaves.
(c) Celebrated.
(d) Punished by death.

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

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

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

8. The Panathenaic Games are only for these people.
(a) Women.
(b) Athenians.
(c) All Greeks.
(d) Slaves.

9. This event consists of discus, long jump, javelin, sprinting, and wrestling.
(a) Triada.
(b) Panhellenic.
(c) Panathenaic.
(d) Pentathlon.

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 404 BC, these defense tools are demolished in a peace agreement.

2. This is the market place and political center of Athens in the fifth century.

3. At the age of eighteen, Athenian boys must attend this.

4. In around 950 BC, Athens moves from a monarchy to this form of government.

5. This covered building is erected for the Panathenaic Games when Pericles decides to include musical events.

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