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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Athens, Pages 48 through 102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The only trilogy to survive from ancient Athens is this.
(a) Oresteia.
(b) Argos.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

3. These are used to channel water to the city of Athens.
(a) Glass pipes.
(b) Metal pipes.
(c) Gold ditches.
(d) Clay pipes.

4. This is the amount sculptors are paid per sculpture for working on the sculptures from the Erechtheum.
(a) 6000 drachmae.
(b) 100 drachmae.
(c) 1000 drachmae.
(d) 60 drachmae.

5. Over half the population of Attica are this.
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Early Athenian tragedies are based on these.

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

3. This many main Gods are worshiped in Athens.

4. This person, the designer of the building, puts together a team of sculptors to create the sculptures outside the Parthenon.

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

(see the answer key)

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