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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) Personal stories.
(b) Well known legends.
(c) Bible stories.
(d) Children's literature.

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

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

4. At the age of eighteen, Athenian boys must attend this.
(a) Military training.
(b) Etiquette lessons.
(c) Civil assemblies.
(d) Charm school.

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

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

7. This is the best known storehouse for the equipment of the large Athenian navy.
(a) Arsenal of Phaleron.
(b) Arsenal of Delphi.
(c) Arsenal of Athens.
(d) Arsenal of Philon.

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

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

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

11. 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 Long Walls.
(c) The Acropolis.
(d) The Agora.

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

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

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

15. This is the king of the Gods.
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Ares.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although no pictures of these have been found, we know these existed in fifth century Athens.

2. To protect its food supply, Athens decides they require a strong navy, the architect of which is this person.

3. The women of Athens are primarily expected to do this.

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

5. A great statue of this goddess stands inside the west end of the central isle of the Parthenon.

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