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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Attend community theater events, and be highly social.
(d) Go to work, and support the family.

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

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

4. ___________ is credited with building the first stage.
(a) Hermes.
(b) Thespis.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Xerxes.

5. Marriage in Athens is _______.
(a) Voluntary.
(b) Mandatory.
(c) Forbidden.
(d) Arranged.

6. The oligarchic government of thirty pro-Spartan aristocrats who rule the Athenians following the war with Sparta is called this.
(a) The Thirty Devils.
(b) The Thirty Angels.
(c) The Thirty Rulers.
(d) The Thirty Tyrants.

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

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

9. This is the common form of Athenian currency.
(a) Enchala.
(b) Dollirium.
(c) Drachma.
(d) Thesium.

10. Wealthy sons of Athenians are tutored by these, beginning around age seven.
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Women.
(d) Slaves.

11. _______ is the god of wine and emotion.
(a) Maenads.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Dionysus.

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

13. The city is accessed through many of these built into the city walls.
(a) Gates,
(b) Windows.
(c) Dungeons.
(d) Ladders.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Most houses have lavatories, consisting of these.

2. The Patron God of Athens is _________.

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

4. What is / are the most common forms of punishment in ancient Athens?

5. Authors suggest there is a link between the theater and this.

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