The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Peter Connolly
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Rome Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Peter Connolly
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. This is the market place and political center of Athens in the fifth century.
(a) Forum.
(b) Persia.
(c) Agora.
(d) Attica.

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

5. In 404 BC, these defense tools are demolished in a peace agreement.
(a) Canons.
(b) Ballistas.
(c) Long Walls.
(d) Arsenals.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is the amount sculptors are paid per sculpture for working on the sculptures from the Erechtheum.

2. This event consists of discus, long jump, javelin, sprinting, and wrestling.

3. These allow state payments to be made for performance of civic duty, thereby allowing the poor to participate in politics.

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

5. Priestesses answer practical questions of the present and future here.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the political structure of fifth century Athens, and include the Agora and stoas.

2. Explain the Long Walls.

3. Describe the many positions held by the people of Athens in terms of employment.

4. Describe the Dark Age of Greece.

5. Explain the rumor behind the tent of Xerxes.

6. Explain the system of law and order in Athens.

7. Describe the poetry and music events of the Panathenaic feast.

8. Explain Propylaea in detail, including materials used to make it.

9. Compare and contrast the upbringing of young boys and girls in Athens.

10. Describe the tribal contests of the fifth day of the Panathenaic festival.

(see the answer keys)

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