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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although no pictures of these have been found, we know these existed in fifth century Athens.
(a) Ships.
(b) Engines.
(c) Cranes.
(d) Canons.

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

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

4. Who serve as police officers, in a sense, in Athens?
(a) Public slaves.
(b) Women.
(c) Men of the military.
(d) Young men before they are of age to join the military.

5. These rooms are so small, they are difficult to distinguish among the ruins of Athenian ruins.
(a) Bathrooms.
(b) Dining rooms.
(c) Living rooms.
(d) Kitchens.

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

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

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

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

10. The meat of a sacrificed animal is ____________.
(a) Thrown away following the ceremony.
(b) Fed to animals following the ceremony.
(c) Eaten following the ceremony.
(d) Buried following the ceremony.

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

12. What do many Athenians do to unwanted children?
(a) Give them up for adoption.
(b) Abort them.
(c) Expose them to the elements to die.
(d) Murder them.

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

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

15. These allow state payments to be made for performance of civic duty, thereby allowing the poor to participate in politics.
(a) Taxes.
(b) The Boule and tributes.
(c) Tributes and levies.
(d) The Boule and levies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hades is the god of this.

2. This many main Gods are worshiped in Athens.

3. This festival held every summer to honor Athena is called this.

4. Marriage in Athens is _______.

5. The city is accessed through many of these built into the city walls.

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