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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. Who is considered to this day to be the father of medicine, from Athens?
(a) Socrates,
(b) Exonerous.
(c) Thiladius.
(d) Hippocrates.

2. This event consists of discus, long jump, javelin, sprinting, and wrestling.
(a) Panathenaic.
(b) Triada.
(c) Pentathlon.
(d) Panhellenic.

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

4. The ekklesia in fifth century Athens is the _________.
(a) Citizen assembly.
(b) Senate.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Congress.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. This house displays an early example of the Masonry style, with plaster molded into rectangles in different colors.

3. Marriage in Athens is _______.

4. At the age of eighteen, Athenian boys must attend this.

5. This is found on the walls of many houses during the excavations at Olynthus in the 1930s.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the main procession for the trip to the Acropolis for the theater.

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

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

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

7. Who are the Greek pantheon, and what are their roles.

8. Explain the rumor behind the tent of Xerxes.

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

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

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