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

2. In 480 BC, a huge army under this Persian king breaks through the Spartan army at Thermopylae, and attacks Athens.
(a) Pisistratus.
(b) Themistocles.
(c) Xerxes,
(d) Erechtheus.

3. The Patron God of Athens is _________.
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Hades.
(d) Athena.

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

5. Nero and his advisers blame these individuals for a great fire that guts central Rome.
(a) Christians.
(b) Foreigners.
(c) Haters of Nero.
(d) Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. Living conditions in Rome are so dirty this ruler passes a decree ordering home owners to clean the areas in front of their homes.

2. This altar is built on the Campus Martius to commemorate the victories of the emperor in Spain.

3. The city is accessed through many of these built into the city walls.

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

5. This is the political and legal center of the city of Athens.

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