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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is the political and legal center of the city of Athens.
(a) The Long Walls.
(b) The Agora.
(c) The Acropolis.
(d) The Oracle.

2. Ancient walls around the city are believed to have been built in ____.
(a) Both 5th and 6th century BC.
(b) 6th century BC.
(c) 8th century AD.
(d) 5th century BC.

3. Who serve as police officers, in a sense, in Athens?
(a) Men of the military.
(b) Public slaves.
(c) Women.
(d) Young men before they are of age to join the military.

4. In 487 BC, laws are passed that dictate candidates for archonship must be chosen in this manner, instead of being elected.
(a) By an election of kings.
(b) By chance.
(c) By assembly.
(d) By lot.

5. Sophocles is said to have introduced this.
(a) Scenery.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Music.
(d) Masks.

6. To stave off future attacks, the Athenians build this to help protect their city.
(a) A large gunship.
(b) A wall.
(c) A cannon.
(d) A bridge.

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

8. Most houses have lavatories, consisting of these.
(a) Chamber pot and running water.
(b) Toilet and running water.
(c) Seat and bucket.
(d) Clay vases and seats.

9. ___________ is credited with building the first stage.
(a) Thespis.
(b) Xerxes.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Hermes.

10. 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 Delphi.
(d) Arsenal of Phaleron.

11. This many main Gods are worshiped in Athens.
(a) Eighty.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two.

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

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

14. These objects are sparse, and generally made of wood.
(a) Window frames.
(b) Doorways.
(c) Bathtubs.
(d) Furniture.

15. This house displays an early example of the Masonry style, with plaster molded into rectangles in different colors.
(a) The House of Many Shapes.
(b) The House of Many Colors.
(c) The House of Rainbows.
(d) The House of Many Designs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marriage in Athens is _______.

2. This is the amount sculptors are paid per sculpture for working on the sculptures from the Erechtheum.

3. To protect its food supply, Athens decides they require a strong navy, the architect of which is this person.

4. In around 950 BC, Athens moves from a monarchy to this form of government.

5. Early Athenian tragedies are based on these.

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