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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Rome, Pages 105 through 149.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is estimated that the total Athenian military strength is around this many soldiers.
(a) Half a million.
(b) 450.
(c) 4500.
(d) 45,000.

2. Augustus fixes the number of senators at this number.
(a) 900.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 600.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The final day of the festival is devoted to this.

2. These are used to channel water to the city of Athens.

3. Most houses have lavatories, consisting of these.

4. These rooms are so small, they are difficult to distinguish among the ruins of Athenian ruins.

5. These, built in 312 BC, provide a reliable source of water for Romans.

(see the answer key)

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