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

2. The women of Athens are primarily expected to do this.
(a) Attend community theater events, and be highly social.
(b) Go to work, and support the family.
(c) Attend functions with her husband.
(d) Stay home and care for the family.

3. The athletic events are intended to train men for this.
(a) Farming.
(b) War.
(c) Sports.
(d) Gladiator fights.

4. The most famous Athenian trial is that of this person.
(a) Themistocles.
(b) Xanxes.
(c) Erechtheus.
(d) Socrates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members are there in the boule?

2. Much of the Greek clothing is made from this.

3. The Pythian games are held at this place.

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

5. _______ is the god of wine and emotion.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the various forms of dress and hairstyles given to the Athenian people. Be sure to include both male and female information.

2. Explain the ideological conflict between Sparta and Athens that results in the clash that leads to war.

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

4. Explain the Long Walls.

5. Explain the wall decorations in the house at Olynthus, and the five schemes those wall decorations represent.

6. Describe the banking process in Athens, and the money used.

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

8. Explain the marriage process, including the betrothal and the procession.

9. Describe the various rooms located within Athenian households, using the book as your guide.

10. Describe the statues of the exterior of the Parthenon.

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