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Question 1
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The Minoan civilization, which flourished between 2700 BCE and 1450 BCE, was established
Selected Answer:
e. on Crete
Answers:
a. in Mycenae
b. at Troy
c. in Athens
d. at Sparta
e. on Crete
Question 2
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Minoan civilization was discovered in the early 1900's by:
Selected Answer:
a. Arthur Evans
Answers:
a. Arthur Evans
b. Howard Carter
c. Jacques Mitterand
d.
Michael Ventris
e. Heinrich Schliemann
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following is correct about the geography of Greece?
Selected Answer:
c. Greece is comprised of prominent mountainous peninsulas.
Answers:
a. The lack of mountains facilitated transportation and political unification.
b. Greece is located in the western Mediterranean.
c. Greece is comprised of prominent mountainous peninsulas.
d. Vast open plains gave the Greeks an unlimited supply of food.
e. The sea had little importance to the peoples of Greece.
Question 4
5 out of 5 points
Mycenaean civilization was discovered in the 1870s by
Selected Answer:
b. Heinrich Schliemann.
Answers:
a. Michael Ventris.
b. Heinrich Schliemann.
c. Arthur Evans.
d. Jacques Mitterand
e. Howard Carter.
Question 5
5 out of 5 points
Minoan civilization owed its success mainly to
Selected Answer:
3. trading with other civilizations.
Answers:
1. its isolated location along the Italian coast.
2. its conquest of the Egyptian and Hittite empires.
3. trading with other civilizations.
4. its development of an early form of capitalist economy.
5. its democratic form of government.
Question 6
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Who deciphered Linear B and determined it was, in fact, an early form of Greek?
Selected Answer:
e. Michael Ventris
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Answers:
a. Heinrich Schliemann
b. Jacques Mitterand
c. Arthur Evans
d. Howard Carter
e. Michael Ventris
Question 7
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Which of the following is true with regard to Minoan and Mycenaean societies?
Selected Answer:
d. both societies built palaces, which became the center for redistributive economies Answers:
a. both societies were conquered by the Egyptian and Hittite empires b. both societies were based on ideologies of non-violence c. both developed on Crete
d. both societies built palaces, which became the center for redistributive economies e. both societies used Linear A as a primary script
Question 8
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Which of the following could be considered the first Greek civilization?
Selected Answer:
b. Mycenaean
Answers:
a. Assyrian
b. Mycenaean
c. Minoan
d. Ionian
e. Sumerian
Question 9
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The Mycenaeans learned many skills from the Minoans, including
Selected Answer:
d. record-keeping
Answers:
a. painting
b. military engineering
c. ironmaking
d. record-keeping
e. weaving
Question 10
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Archaeologists believe that the end of Minoan civilization was most likely caused by
Selected Answer:
e. Mycenaean invaders from the north
Answers:
a. an outbreak of plague
b. a multitude of slave revolts
c. poor soil and catastrophic erosion
d. Egypt's unwillingness to trade
e. Mycenaean invaders from the north
Question 11
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What type of information is most likely to be found in Linear-B tablets?
Selected Answer:
2. storeroom inventories
Answers:
1. epic poems
2. storeroom inventories
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3. diplomatic correspondences
4. prayers to Amon
5. historical records of military campaigns
Question 12
5 out of 5 points
The term Peloponnese refers to
Selected Answer:
4. a peninsula in southern Greece.
Answers:
1. the language of the Minoans
2. the capital of the Hittite empire
3. a type of sword used by the Mycenaeans
4. a peninsula in southern Greece.
5. the region archaeologists believed was the location of Troy
Question 13
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Palaces in both Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations performed what economic function?
Selected Answer:
d. they served as centers for the redistribution of goods to the broader population
Answers:
a.
they were the only areas in which various metals were mined from the earth
b. they were the locations of trading ports, which welcomed foreign ships
c. they served no economic purpose
d. they served as centers for the redistribution of goods to the broader population
e. they were the locations of early mints, in which a primitive form of coinage was established
Question 14
5 out of 5 points
The Bronze Age is thought to have begun on Crete around the year
Selected Answer:
4. 3,000 BC
Answers:
1. 7,000 BC
2. 1,000 BC
3. 5,000 BC
4. 3,000 BC
5. 10,000 BC
Question 15
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Many scholars believe that a Mycenaean attack on the city of Troy may have occurred just prior to the collapse of Mycenaean civilization, sometime around
Selected Answer:
c. 1200 BCE
Answers:
a. 1800 BCE
b. 1400 BCE
c. 1200 BCE
d. 1600 BCE
e. 1000 BCE
Question 16
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"Sea Peoples" is a term that refers to
Selected Answer:
d. raiders
Answers:
a. fishermen
b. merchants
c. ship-builders
d. raiders
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e. mythical ocean dwellers
Question 17
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Which of the following correctly describes the earliest (1600-1450 BC) form of burial practice for Mycenaean nobles?
Selected Answer:
d. shaft graves
Answers:
a. tholos tombs
b. bog burials
c. funeral pyres
d. shaft graves
e. burial at sea
Question 18
5 out of 5 points
The Mycenaeans are believed to be one branch of what broader linguistic grouping?
Selected Answer:
b. Indo-European
Answers:
a. Semetic
b. Indo-European
c. Turkic-Caucasian
d. Uraic
e. Khoisan
Question 19
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following would most likely be found in the burial chambers of Mycenaean "nobles"?
Selected Answer:
d. swords
Answers:
a. Linear A tablets
b. silk robes
c. Dorian pottery
d. swords
e. Venus figurines
Question 20
5 out of 5 points
Agamemnon refers to
Selected Answer:
d. the mythical "great king" of Mycenae
Answers:
a. a palace complex in central Greece
b. the Egyptian pharoah who defeated the "sea peoples"
c. a type of bronze sword
d. the mythical "great king" of Mycenae
e. one of the deities worshipped by the early Minoans
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Which two epic poems is Homer credited with creating?
Selected Answer:
1. Iliad and Odyssey
Answers:
1. Iliad and Odyssey
2. Gilgamesh and Philoctetes
3. Aeneid and Elektra
4. Trojan Women and Frogs
5. Works and Days and Theogony
Question 2
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The Dorians migrated southward after the collapse of Mycenaean civilization, ultimately settling in the Peloponnese and gaining renown as the ancestors of which group of Greeks?
Selected Answer:
4. Spartans
Answers:
1. Athenians
2. Euboeans
3. Corinthians
4. Spartans
5. Olynthians
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Which two literary works did Hesiod compose?
Selected Answer:
4. Works and Days and Theogony
Answers:
1. Iliad and Odyssey
2. Elektra and Bacchae
3. Oedipus Rex and Ajax
4. Works and Days and Theogony
5. The Republic and Crito
Question 4
5 out of 5 points
Although attributed to romantic legend, the Trojan War may have been caused by
Selected Answer:
c. an economic rivalry between Troy and Mycenae.
Answers:
a. a disagreement between the Egyptians and the Hittites.
b. the kidnapping of a young Trojan prince by the Minoans.
c. an economic rivalry between Troy and Mycenae.
d. the break-up of a Trojan-Mycenaean alliance which had been created to neutralize Minoan power in the Mediterranean.
e. a conflict over the right to trade with Rome.
Question 5
5 out of 5 points
Epic poems like the Iliad and the Odyssey,
Selected Answer:
c. reveal much about the values of ancient Greeks.
Answers:
a. were lost when the Dorians invaded from the north.
b. are completely factual.
c. reveal much about the values of ancient Greeks.
d. were written down and read by all Mycenaeans.
e. were originally written in Linear A script.
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
The graves found at Lefkandi on the island of Euboea, which date to about 950 BC (well within the Dark Age period) indicate that
Selected Answer:
1. an established social hierarchy had continued to exist after the fall of Mycenaean civilization.
Answers:
1. an established social hierarchy had continued to exist after the fall of Mycenaean civilization.
2. during the 10th century the Greeks had shifted from patriarchal values to matriarchal ones.
3. the Greeks had embraced monotheism much earlier than scholars initially believed.
4. the Minoans had actually settled in mainland Greece during the Mycenaean period.
5. the Trojans had colonized eastern Greece.
Question 7
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Which character in the Iliad is considered "the best of the Greeks" because of his supreme warrior skills?
Selected Answer:
2. Achilles
Answers:
1. Hector
2. Achilles
3. Agamemnon
4. Odysseus
5. Thersites
Question 8
5 out of 5 points
When it comes to Greek dialects, the Athenians are most associated with the __________ dialect.
Selected Answer:
3. Ionian
Answers:
1. Dorian
2. Aiolian
3. Ionian
4. Minoan
5. Neo-Babylonian
Question 9
5 out of 5 points
When it comes to Greek dialects, the Spartans are most associated with the __________ dialect.
Selected Answer:
1. Dorian
Answers:
1. Dorian
2. Ionian
3. Aiolian
4. Minoan
5. Neo-Babylonian
Question 10
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following Greek terms best describes the "warrior-nobility" that scholars believe dominated political life in Greece during the Dark Age?
Selected Answer:
2. aristoi
Answers:
1. zeugitai
2. aristoi
3. thetes
4. othismos
5. agoge
Question 11
5 out of 5 points
The main concern of a Homeric hero is to acquire
Selected Answer:
5. personal glory
Answers:
1. great wealth
2. spirtual enlightenment
3. long life
4. inner peace
5. personal glory
Question 12
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A prominent theme in both Iliad and Odyssey has to do with xenia. Xenia can best be understood as ____________
Selected Answer:
4. the guest-host relationship that made proper hospitality an absolut imperative.
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Answers:
1. the ability of a hero to slay mythical monsters.
2. the proper way to worship the gods.
3. the means by which women could attain political power during the Dark Age.
4. the guest-host relationship that made proper hospitality an absolut imperative.
5. the avenue by which a warrior could usurp power and gain the title of king. Question 13
5 out of 5 points
In the Odyssey, Odysseus has many adventures abroad that repeatedly reaffirm his heroic status. Who is the wife of Odysseus, who "must hold the fort" back in Ithaca and try to manage an onslaught of mooching suitors?
Selected Answer:
2. Penelope
Answers:
1. Gorgo
2. Penelope
3. Calypso
4. Andromache
5. Eurydice
Question 14
5 out of 5 points
In the Odyssey, why did Odysseus give his fellow Greek warrior Thersites a severe beating?
Selected Answer:
5. Odysseus was outraged that Thersites had boldly and publicly questioned Agamemnon's competence and integrity
Answers:
1. Thersites refused to sacrifice to the god Apollo
2. Thersites had attempted to seduce Odysseus's wife
3. Odysseus found out that Thersites had been secretly conducting peace negotiations with the Trojans
4. Thersites claimed that he was a greater warrior than Odysseus but refused to engage Odysseus in single combat to prove the point
5. Odysseus was outraged that Thersites had boldly and publicly questioned Agamemnon's competence and integrity
Question 15
5 out of 5 points
According to Hesiod, which of the gods is the source of justice in human affairs?
Selected Answer:
2. Zeus
Answers:
1. Kronos
2. Zeus
3. Rhea
4. Gaia
5. Ouranos
Question 16
5 out of 5 points
The Olympic games actually began as a religious festival devoted to which of the Greek gods?
Selected Answer:
4. Zeus
Answers:
1. Apollo
2. Hades
3. Poseidon
4. Zeus
5. Hephaestus
Question 17
5 out of 5 points
Sometime between 950-750 BC, scholars believe that the Greeks adopted a/an ____________________ alphabet.
Selected Answer:
4. Phoenician
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Answers:
1. Proto-Nubian
2. Egyptian
3. Linear C
4. Phoenician
5. Hittite
Question 18
5 out of 5 points
As Greece began to emerge from the Dark Age, what metal replaced bronze for the manufacture of weapons and tools? Selected Answer:
3. iron
Answers:
1. tin
2. copper
3. iron
4. steel
5. aluminum
Question 19
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5 out of 5 points
The first Olympic games are believed to have been held in which year?
Selected Answer:
1. 776 BC
Answers:
1. 776 BC
2. 950 BC
3. 1200 BC
4. 1600 BC
5. 843 BC
Question 20
0 out of 5 points
Scholars believe that the Iliad was composed some time around
Selected Answer:
2. 1200 BC
Answers:
1. 750 BC
2. 1200 BC
3. 950 BC
4. 1450 BC
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5. 3000 BC
Question 1
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The political fragmentation which occurred after the collapse of Mycenaean palace civilization, facilitated by the mountainous terrain and isolated valleys of Greece, contributed to the development of
Selected Answer:
3. individual city-states.
Question 2
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By 750 B.C., the __________ or city-state, had become the dominant form of political, social, and economic organization in ancient Greece.
Selected Answer:
5. polis
Question 3
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The Greek city-states relied on infantrymen called _____ for their defense.
Selected Answer:
4. hoplites
Question 4
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The most significant piece of equipment carried by a Greek hoplite was a hoplon, which can best be described as
Selected Answer:
2. a heavy wood and bronze shield
Question 5
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Between the mid-eighth and the late sixth centuries BCE, the Greeks founded more than four hundred
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colonies along the shores of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The driving force behind such a movement was primarily
Selected Answer:
2. population pressure: too many people, not enough fertile land.
Question 6
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The Archaic Age covers the period in Greek history from roughly
Selected Answer:
1. 750-500 BC
Question 7
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During the Archaic Age Greek city-states were organized politically based on the concept of
Selected Answer:
4. citizenship
Question 8
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In many Archaic Age city states, the gradual expansion of political power beyond the aristocracy was largely due to
Selected Answer:
4. the introduction of hoplites into the military system.
Question 9
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Which of the following groups was excluded from participation in the political affairs of an Archaic Age polis?
Selected Answer:
5. women
Question 10
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Greek civilization's Archaic Age was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
Selected Answer:
1. Mycenaean Civilization was restored
Question 11
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The sanctuary at Delphi was sacred to what god?
Selected Answer:
4. Apollo
Question 12
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Which of the following would NOT be used by a Greek hoplite of the late Archaic period?
Selected Answer:
2. chariot
Question 13
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The convex shape and "Argive grip" gave the hoplite a great deal of leverage when preparing for the phase of combate known as the "shove" or, in Greek,
Selected Answer:
3. othismos
Question 14
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The process by which a group of citizens would be sent out from the "mother-city" (metropolis) to found a new colony began when an able citizen was designated "group leader" of the departing colonists. The Greek term used to describe this "group leader" was ___________________
Selected Answer:
4. ktistes
Question 15
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One of the favored destinations of Greek colonists leaving from the eastern coast of the mainland was the coast of Anatolia, which was called by the Greeks
Selected Answer:
4. Ionia
Question 16
5 out of 5 points
A group of hoplites moving into a battle would most likely form up in a
Selected Answer:
3. phalanx
Question 17
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The "urban" area of every polis consisted of temples and an open air market-place called a/an
Selected Answer:
3. agora
Question 18
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What term does Hesiod use to describe women, who he says were descended from Pandora?
Selected Answer:
3. "beautiful evil"
Question 19
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The term "Archaic Age" means
Selected Answer:
2. Old Fashioned Age
Question 20
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According to the myth, why did Zeus create Pandora?
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Selected Answer:
3. to punish men after Prometheus had given men the gift of fire.
Question 1
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When were Cleisthenes' democratic reforms introduced into the Athenian polis?
Selected Answer:
5. 508 B.C.
Question 2
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"Demos" is the word from which our word democracy was derived. To which of the following might an ancient Greek be referring when using the word "demos"?
Selected Answer:
4. A commoner
Question 3
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By “tyrants” the Greeks meant
Selected Answer:
3. ambitious politicians who gained power by garnering the support of the common people over the aristoi.
Question 4
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Ostracism can best be described as
Selected Answer:
2. a process by which Athenian political figures could be exiled for ten years.
Question 5
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Which of the following was part of Cleisthenes' democratic reforms?
Selected Answer:
1. restructuring tribal units into 10 new phylai in order to to break down traditional clan
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Question 6
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Which of the following was NOT part of Spartan life after the conclusion of the Messenian Wars?
Selected Answer:
5. Young married women were drafted into the army.
Question 7
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The legendary lawgiver of Sparta was:
Selected Answer:
4. Lycurgus.
Question 8
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Which Athenian was mainly responsible for the creation of Athenian democracy?
Selected Answer:
3. Cleisthenes.
Question 9
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In 594 B.C., in order to bring an end to the turmoil in Athens, Solon outlawed
Selected Answer:
2. debt slavery.
Question 10
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The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was
Selected Answer:
1. ruled by a small portion of the total population of the polis.
Question 11
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From childhood, Spartan boys were trained to be
Selected Answer:
5. warriors.
Question 12
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In ancient Greece, Spartans were also called
Selected Answer:
4. Lacedaimonians
Question 13
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Spartan forces were rarely sent far from home to do battle because
Selected Answer:
3. there was a constant fear of a helot uprising.
Question 14
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The transformation of the Spartan polis into a totally militaristic society was caused by:
Selected Answer:
2. the need to dominate the helot population.
Question 15
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Which of the following had NO political role in Spartan government?
Selected Answer:
1. helot
Question 16
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Which of the following were Athenian tyrants?
Selected Answer:
2. Pisistratus and Hippias
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Question 17
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Trittyes were a way for Cleisthenes to
Selected Answer:
4. redistrict Athens into units comprised of urban, rural, and coastal populations.
Question 18
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Which of the following represented the lowest of Solon's four socio-economic categories of Athenian citizens?
Selected Answer:
2. thetes
Question 19
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Sparta was the dominant power in which part of mainland Greece?
Selected Answer:
1. the Peloponnese
Question 20
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The polis of Athens controlled which part of mainland Greece?
Selected Answer:
2. Attika
Question 1
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The conquests of the Medes, Babylonians, and Lydians by the Persian king__________ established the foundation for the great Persian Empire in the mid-sixth century B.C.
Selected Answer:
2.
Cyrus
Answers:
1.
Xerxes
2.
Cyrus
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3.
Darius
4.
Croesus
5.
Artaphernes
Question 2
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Which of the following chronicled the history of the Persian Wars?
Selected Answer:
2.
Herodotus
Answers:
1.
Aristophanes
2.
Herodotus
3.
Plato
4.
Euclid
5.
Thucydides
Question 3
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In political terms, by 490 BC ____was an example of an absolute monarchy, _____ was an example of an oligarchy, and ________ was an example of democracy.
Selected Answer:
1.
Persia, Sparta, Athens
Answers:
1.
Persia, Sparta, Athens
2.
Athens, Persia, Sparta
3.
Persia, Athens, Sparta
4.
Sparta, Athens, Persia
5.
Sparta, Persia, Athens
Question 4
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Why did Persia go to war against Athens in 490 B.C.?
Selected Answer:
1.
by helping the Ionians, Athens had interfered in Persian affairs.
Answers:
1.
by helping the Ionians, Athens had interfered in Persian affairs.
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2.
Persia wanted to expand its empire into Egypt and the Athenians disapproved.
3.
Persia was trying to regain stolen territory on the Peloponnese.
4.
Athenian traders had attacked Persian ships.
5.
the Persians were intent on spreading monotheism into mainland Greece.
Question 5
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In Herodotus' Historia, which of the following was NOT an eastern monarch?
Selected Answer:
4.
Miltiades
Answers:
1.
Croesus
2.
Darius
3.
Cambyses
4.
Miltiades
5.
Cyrus
Question 6
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Which exiled Athenian tyrant acompanied the Persians when they landed at Marathon?
Selected Answer:
2.
Hippias
Answers:
1.
Cylon
2.
Hippias
3.
Gelon
4.
Aristagoras
5.
Pisistratus
Question 7
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The famous 490 B.C. Athenian victory over the Persians was at the Battle of:
Selected Answer:
1.
Marathon.
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Answers:
1.
Marathon.
2.
Thermopylae
3.
Lade
4.
Salamis
5.
Mycale
Question 8
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How was the Greek phalanx altered at the Battle of Marathon?
Selected Answer:
3.
the width of the phalanx was extended by thinning the center
Answers:
1.
the phalanx was reformed into a wedge
2.
the flanks were weakened
3.
the width of the phalanx was extended by thinning the center
4.
the phalanx was reformed into an oval, in order to prevent the Greeks from being encircled
5.
the phalanx was not altered
Question 9
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According to Herodotus what were the casualty figures for the battle of Marathon?
Selected Answer:
5.
6,400 Persians - 192 Athenians
Answers:
1.
An equal amount of Persians and Athenians were killed at Marathon
2.
3,150 Persians - 1400 Athenians
3.
2,700 Persians - 512 Athenians
4.
12,200 Persians - 342 Athenians
5.
6,400 Persians - 192 Athenians
Question 10
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Immediately after their victory on the beach of Marathon, Herodotus says the Athenians
Selected Answer:
2.
marched the 24 miles back to Athens to defend the city.
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Answers:
1.
built a temple to Poseidon.
2.
marched the 24 miles back to Athens to defend the city.
3.
burned the Persian prisoners alive.
4.
erected a wooden palisade to prevent future Persian landings at Marathon beach.
5.
conducted athletic games.
Question 11
5 out of 5 points
In 480 BC which Persian king will lead a land-sea expedition to conquer the Greek mainland?
Selected Answer:
4.
Xerxes
Answers:
1.
Darius
2.
Cyrus
3.
Croesus
4.
Xerxes
5.
Cambyses
Question 12
5 out of 5 points
Because of a bitter poltical fight with his co-monarch (Cleomenes), this Spartan king left Sparta and became an adviser to Persian King Xerxes.
Selected Answer:
4.
Demaratos
Answers:
1.
Agis
2.
Leonidas
3.
Lycurgus
4.
Demaratos
5.
Ariovistos
Question 13
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What happened at Thermopylae?
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Selected Answer:
4.
A Greek force of 7,000 hoplites held off the Persian army of 180,000 for three days.
Answers:
1.
The Persians, having decided they had gone far enough into Greece, turned around and went home.
2.
The Athenians built a fleet of about two hundred ships.
3.
An outnumbered Greek fleet defeated the Persian fleet.
4.
A Greek force of 7,000 hoplites held off the Persian army of 180,000 for three days.
5.
An outnumbered Athenian army attacked and defeated the Egyptians decisively.
Question 14
5 out of 5 points
The primary naval craft used by the Greeks during the Persian War period was the
Selected Answer:
4.
trireme
Answers:
1.
penteconter
2.
bireme
3.
quinquereme
4.
trireme
5.
galley
Question 15
5 out of 5 points
At Thermopylae Pass, the Spartan troops
Selected Answer:
1.
were led by King Leonidas.
Answers:
1.
were led by King Leonidas.
2.
were all poisoned by the enemy.
3.
were led by King Demeratos.
4.
refused to fight, because many had relatives in the opposing army.
5.
were defeated easily, earning a legacy of shame.
Question 16
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The news of the Persian advance reached the Athenians who asked the oracle at Delphi for a prophecy. The prophecy said: 'That the wooden wall only shall not fall, but help you and your children.' What did Themistocles say was meant by ‘wooden walls?’
Selected Answer:
3.
the Athenian fleet
Answers:
1.
the shields of Greek hoplites
2.
the wall surrounding the Athenian Acropolis
3.
the Athenian fleet
4.
the walls of the Sparta
5.
a forest located on the isthmus of Corinth
Question 17
5 out of 5 points
Years before the second Persian invasion of Greece, Themistocles had given wise advice to the Athenian assembly regarding what issue?
Selected Answer:
4.
how to use the silver from the mines at Laurium
Answers:
1.
how to help Aristagoras capture Naxos
2.
how to defeat the Spartans in the Peloponnesian War
3.
how to elect their kings in an unbiased manner
4.
how to use the silver from the mines at Laurium
5.
how to restructure the training of their hoplites
Question 18
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following socio-economic classes would most likely be found rowing an Athenian warship in 480 BC?
Selected Answer:
4.
thetes
Answers:
1.
slaves
2.
hippeis
3.
pentakosiomedimnoi
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4.
thetes
5.
zeugatai
Question 19
5 out of 5 points
At which decisive naval battle in 480 BC did the Greek fleet of the Hellenic league destroy a much larger Persian fleet?
Selected Answer:
4.
Salamis
Answers:
1.
Actium
2.
Thermopylae
3.
Thermopylae Marathon
4.
Salamis
5.
Plataea
Question 20
5 out of 5 points
Which Athenian socio-economic class received a "status boost" after the Battle of Salamis?
Selected Answer:
5.
thetes
Answers:
1.
slaves
2.
pentakosiomedimnoi
3.
hippeis
4.
zeugatai
5.
thetes
Question 1
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After successfully leading the Greek resistance to Persia in 480-479 BC, Athens
Selected Answer:
4.
gradually transformed the Delian League into an empire.
Answers:
1.
withdrew from the Delian League and made an alliance with the Persians.
2.
challenged Spartan dominance of the Peloponnese.
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3.
returned to its perennial isolation.
4.
gradually transformed the Delian League into an empire.
5.
concentrated on developing peaceful trade relations around the Aegean Sea.
Question 2
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Why was the Delian League originally formed?
Selected Answer:
5.
to guard against future attacks from Persia
Answers:
1.
to create a trading alliance with the Persians
2.
to give all the city-states equal power in Greece
3.
to unite the city-states into one empire under Sparta's leadership
4.
to organize the conquest of Egypt
5.
to guard against future attacks from Persia
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
In the 450s and 440s BC, Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of
Selected Answer:
3.
Pericles.
Answers:
1.
Alexander.
2.
Darius.
3.
Pericles.
4.
Themistocles.
5.
Miltiades.
Question 4
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During the Age of Pericles, the Athenians became deeply attached to their political system of
Selected Answer:
1.
direct democracy
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1.
direct democracy
2.
oligarchy
3.
autocracy
4.
divine-right monarchy
5.
tyranny
Question 5
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Constructed in the 440s BC, this is the most famous structure in ancient Greece, a
temple in Athens known as the
Selected Answer:
2.
Parthenon
Answers:
1.
Colosseum
2.
Parthenon
3.
Bronze Temple to Ares
4.
Sussution
5.
Hippodrome
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following statements about Pericles is FALSE?
Selected Answer:
4.
Pericles was a tyrant who was never elected to any office.
Answers:
1.
Pericles was reelected to political office many times.
2.
Pericles abvanced the interests of the common people of Athens.
3.
Pericles initiated construction of the greatest Athenian temple, the Parthenon.
4.
Pericles was a tyrant who was never elected to any office.
5.
Pericles helped make Athens a very powerful polis.
Question 7
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Which Spartan commander's behavior so outraged the Ionians that they rejected further Spartan leadership and instead asked the Athenians to lead a naval alliance against the Persians?
Selected Answer:
3.
Pausanias
Answers:
1.
Leonidas
2.
Cleombrotus
3.
Pausanias
4.
Agesilaos
5.
Leotychnes
Question 8
5 out of 5 points
Why, after 477 BC, were the Spartans relieved at no longer having to lead the anti-Persian coalition?
Selected Answer:
2.
they constantly worried about a helot revolt when their army was far from Sparta
Answers:
1.
the effort was draining their treasury
2.
they constantly worried about a helot revolt when their army was far from Sparta
3.
an oracle had warned against continued military involvement in Ionia
4.
a plague had decimated the Spartan army
5.
after the bloodshed at Thermopylae, the Spartans had embraced pacifism
Question 9
5 out of 5 points
Up until 454 BC, where was the Delian League treasury located?
Selected Answer:
3.
Delos
Answers:
1.
Athens
2.
Sparta
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3.
Delos
4.
Corinth
5.
Crete
Question 10
5 out of 5 points
In 454 BC, the Delian League treasury was relocated to
Selected Answer:
2.
Athens
Answers:
1.
Delos
2.
Athens
3.
Sparta
4.
Crete
5.
Corinth
Question 11
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following social classes were most likely to make up the crew of an Athenian trireme?
Selected Answer:
4.
thetes
Answers:
1.
pentakosiomedimnoi
2.
hippeis
3.
zeugitai
4.
thetes
5.
slaves
Question 12
0 out of 5 points
Which socio-economic class would most likely benefit from the Ephialtic and Periclean democratic reforms?
Selected Answer:
3.
zeugitai
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Answers:
1.
pentakosiomedimnoi
2.
hippeis
3.
zeugitai
4.
thetes
5.
slaves
Question 13
0 out of 5 points
Which of the following Athenian socio-economic classes would most likely support a policy of imperialism expansion based on naval dominance?
Selected Answer:
2.
hippeis
Answers:
1.
pentakosiomedimnoi
2.
hippeis
3.
zeugitai
4.
thetes
5.
slaves
Question 14
5 out of 5 points
In the 460s Sparta was devastated by an earthquake and subsequent helot revolt.
The Athenians sent military aid to help the Spartans quell the revolt. Why did the Spartans send the Athenians away?
Selected Answer:
2.
the Spartans were worried that the democratically-minded Athenians would start helping the helots
Answers:
1.
the Spartans felt the Athenians were too effeminate and could not deal with the crisis
2.
the Spartans were worried that the democratically-minded Athenians would start helping the helots
3.
there was a general fear that outsiders carried plague
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4.
the Spartans mistrusted the recent conversion of the Athenians to monotheism
5.
the Spartans thought the Athenians were coming to invade Laconia
Question 15
5 out of 5 points
The Ephialtic reforms transformed the Athenian judicial system. Which of the following was the most significant of the Ephialtic reforms?
Selected Answer:
2.
juries were chosen by lot to serve for a year, and the juror pool was expanded to include all male citizens over the age of thirty
Answers:
1.
thetes could not be found guilty if they were charged with committing a crime against a wealthy Atehnian
2.
juries were chosen by lot to serve for a year, and the juror pool was expanded to include all male citizens over the age of thirty
3.
instead of serving time in prison, Athenians could instead pay huge fines
4.
religious crimes became punishable by the death penalty
5.
Athenians with Ionian ancestors could serve as judges
Question 16
5 out of 5 points
An Athenian who had been ostracized was forced to leave the polis for ________.
Selected Answer:
4.
ten years
Answers:
1.
one year
2.
six months
3.
the rest of his life
4.
ten years
5.
not paying taxes
Question 17
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Which Athenian was known as "the Just?"
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Selected Answer:
5.
Aristides
Answers:
1.
Themistocles
2.
Ephialtes
3.
Miltiades
4.
Cimon
5.
Aristides
Question 18
5 out of 5 points
Which Athenian leader began the policy of paying poor Athenians a stipend so that they could serve on juries and hold public offices?
Selected Answer:
1.
Pericles
Answers:
1.
Pericles
2.
Miltiades
3.
Themistocles
4.
Cimon
5.
Xanthippus
Question 19
5 out of 5 points
Pericles was able to dominate Athenian political life because he was consistently reelected to what office?
Selected Answer:
2.
general
Answers:
1.
consul
2.
general
3.
tribune
4.
lictor
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5.
praetor
Question 20
5 out of 5 points
The Parthenon was dedicated the god/goddess
Selected Answer:
5.
Athena
Answers:
1.
Zeus
2.
Ares
3.
Aphrodite
4.
Apollo
5.
Athena
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following statements best describes the Age of Pericles?
Selected Answer:
3.
It was a golden age when Athens became wealthier and more democratic.
Answers:
1.
It was a time in which women gained the right to vote.
2.
It was a time of turmoil where farmers rebelled against debt slavery.
3.
It was a golden age when Athens became wealthier and more democratic.
4.
It was a period when fewer people took part in governing.
5.
It was an age with very little support for the arts and no new building.
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
By the mid-fifth century BCE., which Greek polis had effectively established its own Aegean Empire?
Selected Answer:
2.
Athens
Answers:
1.
Delos
2.
Athens
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3.
Sparta
4.
Corinth
5.
Syracuse
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
By the early 450's the Athenians had finished construction of the "long walls" which connected the city of Athens to the main port of____________, about four miles away.
Selected Answer:
5.
Piraeus
Answers:
1.
Phaleron
2.
Aegina
3.
Megara
4.
Sybotta
5.
Piraeus
Question 4
5 out of 5 points
The Peloponnesian War was fought between
Selected Answer:
2.
Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies.
Answers:
1.
Sparta and its helot population.
2.
Athens and its allies and Sparta and its allies.
3.
Thebes and Corinth.
4.
Ionian Greeks and peninsular Greeks.
5.
the Persian Empire and Athens.
Question 5
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Our main source for understanding the events of the Peloponnesian War is the history of the conflict written by:
Selected Answer:
4.
Thucydides.
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1.
Herodotus.
2.
Sophocles.
3.
Phidias.
4.
Thucydides.
5.
Tacitus.
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
The Peloponnesian War lasted for _________ years.
Selected Answer:
4.
27
Answers:
1.
14
2.
3
3.
9
4.
27
5.
43
Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Stasis can best be described
Selected Answer:
3.
as a type of civil war.
Answers:
1.
as a type of spicy food delicacy.
2.
as a type of warship.
3.
as a type of civil war.
4.
as a type of slave.
5.
as a type of Greek dialect.
Question 8
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Which Corcyran colony experiences stasis in 436 BC, thus setting in motion the events which will lead to the Peloponnesian War in 431 BC?
Selected Answer:
4.
Epidamnos
Answers:
1.
Euboea
2.
Byzantion
3.
Chalkis
4.
Epidamnos
5.
Pylos
Question 9
5 out of 5 points
After being rebuffed by Corcyra, the demos representatives of Epidamnos seek aid from
Selected Answer:
2.
Corinth
Answers:
1.
Sparta
2.
Corinth
3.
the Ionians
4.
the Persians
5.
Delos
Question 10
5 out of 5 points
After hearing that the demos faction of Epidamnos had enlisted the aid of Corinth,
the Corcyrans sought the aid of
Selected Answer:
5.
Athens
Answers:
1.
Sparta
2.
Persia
3.
Ionia
4.
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Argos
5.
Athens
Question 11
5 out of 5 points
After aiding the Corcyrans at the Battle of Sybota, Athens next incurs the fury of Corinth by besieging the Corinthian colony (and Delian League member) of
Selected Answer:
3.
Potidaea
Answers:
1.
Epidamnos
2.
Mytilene
3.
Potidaea
4.
Melos
5.
Argos
Question 12
5 out of 5 points
Which polis did Athens attempt to economically destroy by refusing to allow it to trade with any member of the Delian League?
Selected Answer:
5.
Megara
Answers:
1.
Argos
2.
Chios
3.
Naxos
4.
Samos
5.
Megara
Question 13
5 out of 5 points
The first 10 years of the Peloponnesian War are often called the
Selected Answer:
4.
Archidamian War
Answers:
1.
Truceless War
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2.
Homeric War
3.
Periclean War
4.
Archidamian War
5.
Cold War
Question 14
5 out of 5 points
After the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Pericles introduced a strategy that called for the citizens of Athens to
Selected Answer:
2.
shelter behind the walls of Athens
Answers:
1.
march on Sparta
2.
shelter behind the walls of Athens
3.
defend their farms in the countryside
4.
build a bridge of boats across to Salamis
5.
sail to Ionia
Question 15
5 out of 5 points
Pericles' defensive strategy never anticipated that ____________ would become Athens’s deadliest enemy.
Selected Answer:
2.
plague
Answers:
1.
rain
2.
plague
3.
fire
4.
Athenian slaves
5.
Spartan helots
Question 16
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After Pericles's death in 429 BCE, a new generation of leaders emerges with a taste for demagoguery. One of the most successful of these demagogues was a tanner's son named
Selected Answer:
3.
Cleon
Answers:
1.
Achilles
2.
Telemachus
3.
Cleon
4.
Agamemnon
5.
Thersites
Question 17
5 out of 5 points
After Cleon and Diodotus had put forth their respective positions, how was the Mytiline debate resolved?
Selected Answer:
5.
the Athenian assembly voted to spare the lives of most of the Mytilineans
Answers:
1.
the Athenian assembly voted to reward the people of Mytilene by giving them 30 talents of silver
2.
the Athenian assembly awarded the people of Mytilene the laurel wreath usually reserved for Olympic athletes
3.
Pericles was exiled to Mytilene
4.
the Athenian assembly voted to expel Mytilene from the Delian League
5.
the Athenian assembly voted to spare the lives of most of the Mytilineans
Question 18
0 out of 5 points
The main goal of the Athenian expedition to Pylos in 425 BC was to
Selected Answer:
2.
defeat the main Spartan army
Answers:
1.
seek guidance from the oracle
2.
defeat the main Spartan army
3.
crush the Syracusan navy
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4.
organize a helot revolt
5.
drive the Persians from Greece
Question 19
5 out of 5 points
What happened to the Spartans on the island of Sphacteria in 425 BC?
Selected Answer:
2.
they surrendered to the Athenians
Answers:
1.
they drove the Athenians into the sea
2.
they surrendered to the Athenians
3.
they died of plague
4.
they joined with the helots and created an island polis called Heliopolis
5.
they held out against overwhelming odds for 27 years
Question 20
5 out of 5 points
Which Athenian negotiated the peace treaty that brought an end to the Archidamian War?
Selected Answer:
5.
Nicias
Answers:
1.
Cleon
2.
Diodotus
3.
Pericles
4.
Demosthenes
5.
Nicias
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Which city-state on the island of Sicily became the target of the Athenian invasion in 415 BC?
Selected Answer:
4.
Syracuse
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Answers:
1.
Tarentum
2.
Leontini
3.
Aetna
4.
Syracuse
5.
Cnidus
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Both the Spartans and Syracusans shared a common ancestry, they were both
Selected Answer:
1.
Dorians
Answers:
1.
Dorians
2.
Pelasgians
3.
Ionians
4.
Minoans
5.
Lokrians
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
During the Peloponnesian War, Syracuse was allied with
Selected Answer:
3.
Sparta.
Answers:
1.
Athens.
2.
Thebes.
3.
Sparta.
4.
Naxos.
5.
Persia.
Question 4
5 out of 5 points
Sly, handsome, and persuasive; he used his gifts to convince the Athenians to take a risk on the Sicilian expedition.
Selected Answer:
2.
Alcibiades
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Answers:
1.
Nicias
2.
Alcibiades
3.
Lamachus
4.
Aristides
5.
Themistocles
Question 5
0 out of 5 points
Which Athenian socio-economic class would most likely support Alcibiades' plan to renew the war in 415 by sailing to Sicily and attacking Syracuse?
Selected Answer:
2.
hippeis
Answers:
1.
pentakosiomedimnoi
2.
hippeis
3.
zeugitai
4.
slaves
5.
thetes
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
He publicly opposed the Sicilian expedition, even though he soon found himself leading it.
Selected Answer:
4.
Nicias
Answers:
1.
Alcibiades
2.
Pericles
3.
Themistocles
4.
Nicias
5.
Cleon
Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Right before the Athenian expedition to Sicily was due to set sail, which prominent Athenian was accused of sacrilege?
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Selected Answer:
4.
Alcibiades
Answers:
1.
Pericles
2.
Nicias
3.
Lamachus
4.
Alcibiades
5.
Aristides
Question 8
5 out of 5 points
After being accused of sacrilege, what does Alcibiades do?
Selected Answer:
3.
flees to Sparta
Answers:
1.
hires a defense attorney who uses an insanity defense
2.
confesses to the crime and is exiled from Athens
3.
flees to Sparta
4.
tries to start a slave revolt in Attica
5.
reminds the Athenian people that he is Alcibiades
Question 9
5 out of 5 points
The Spartans are able to send only a very small force to Syracuse to help their allies beat back the Athenian attack. Which Spartan will effectively lead this small relief force?
Selected Answer:
2.
Gylippus
Answers:
1.
Cleombrotus
2.
Gylippus
3.
Lysander
4.
Dienekes
5.
Agis
Question 10
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Which bold and daring Athenian commander arrived at Syracuse as commander of the force sent to reinforce Nicias in 414/413 BC?
Selected Answer:
3.
Demosthenes
Answers:
1.
Alcibiades
2.
Eustus
3.
Demosthenes
4.
Archidamus
5.
Cleon
Question 11
5 out of 5 points
What was the end result of Athens' Sicilian Expedition?
Selected Answer:
2.
the total destruction of the Athenian expeditionary force
Answers:
1.
a stalemate that led to the Peace of Nicias
2.
the total destruction of the Athenian expeditionary force
3.
the fall of Syracuse to the Athenians
4.
the development of an alliance between the Athenians and Syracusans against the Spartans
5.
the elevation of Alcibiades from fugitive to tyrant of Syracuse
Question 12
5 out of 5 points
By 413 BC, which area in Attica will the Spartans use as a base for continuous operations against the Athenians?
Selected Answer:
4.
Decelea
Answers:
1.
Phaleron
2.
Laurium
3.
Piraeus
4.
Decelea
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5.
Chios
Question 13
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In 412 BC, the Spartans have decided to build a fleet and challenge Athenian naval dominance. Where did they get the funds to finance such a venture?
Selected Answer:
3.
the Persians gave them the money
Answers:
1.
the silver mines at Laurium
2.
they made a tidy sum by selling large number of helots to the Macedonians
3.
the Persians gave them the money
4.
the Spartans captured the island of Delos and took control of the treasury
5.
the Spartans pioneered an ancient method of deficit spending
Question 14
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Why was Alcibiades forced to leave Sparta in such haste in 412 BC?
Selected Answer:
4.
he had impregnated the wife of King Agis
Answers:
1.
he had insulted the ephors
2.
he refused to train in the agoge
3.
he had embezzled funds from the temple of Helen and Menelaos
4.
he had impregnated the wife of King Agis
5.
he angered the populace by refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to the Spartan polis
Question 15
5 out of 5 points
In 411 BC, Alcibiades helped instigate an oligarchic coup. How many Athenians subsequently governed the polis?
Selected Answer:
1.
400
Answers:
1.
400
2.
5000
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3.
30
4.
1
5.
74
Question 16
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Members of which socio-economic class most likely made up oligarchic regime known as "the Four Hundred" which briefly governed Athens in 411 BC?
Selected Answer:
2.
hippeis
Answers:
1.
pentakosiomidemnoi
2.
hippeis
3.
zeugitai
4.
thetes
5.
slaves
Question 17
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The oligarchic regime known as "the 400" collapsed soon after taking power in Athens in 411 BC. A broader coalition numbering ________ then took over the government of Athens.
Selected Answer:
2.
5,000
Answers:
1.
10,000
2.
5,000
3.
2,000
4.
500
5.
1,000
Question 18
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Which two areas were critical for supplying the Athenians with grain?
Selected Answer:
4.
Egypt and the Black Sea coastal areas
Answers:
1.
Corsica and southern Italy
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2.
Libya and Sardinia
3.
Sicily and Carthage
4.
Egypt and the Black Sea coastal areas
5.
Phoenicia and Palestine
Question 19
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Which Spartan navarch (admiral) played a decisive role in the ultimate defeat of Athens in 404 BC?
Selected Answer:
3.
Lysander
Answers:
1.
Cleombrotus
2.
Archidamus
3.
Lysander
4.
Gylippus
5.
Brasidas
Question 20
5 out of 5 points
The oligarchy briefly imposed by the Spartans on the Athenians in 404-403 BC was known as
Selected Answer:
5.
the Thirty Tyrants
Answers:
1.
the Cabal
2.
the Optimates
3.
the Patricians
4.
the Sacred Band
5.
the Thirty Tyrants
Question 1
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The Greek historian Xenophon was born and raised in which Greek polis?
Selected Answer:
1.
Athens
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Question 2
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Around 401 BC, a Boeotian friend of Xenophon, Proxenus, asked him if he wanted to soldier on behalf of a Persian prince who wanted to overthrow his brother and become the new king of the Persian empire. Who was this Persian prince?
Selected Answer:
1.
Cyrus the Younger
Question 3
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Xenophon's "Anabasis" tells the story of
Selected Answer:
3.
the march of 10,000 Greek mercenaries into and out of the heart of the Persian empire
Question 4
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After Xenophon signed on for the Persian Expedition, and as the Greek mercenaries marched further east, it became increasingly clear the goal Cyrus had in mind. What was Cyrus the Younger's objective?
Selected Answer:
The overthrow of his brother, the Persian King Artaxerxes II
Question 5
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Some time later in 401, Cyrus' forces met Artaxerxes' for battle near Babylon at this place. What was the name of the battle that Xenophon and the 10,000 Greeks fought in?
Selected Answer:
3.
Cunaxa
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
Some time in the 350s, near the end of his life, Xenophon finished one of his last works, his history of Greece,
Hellenica,
which literally picks up where the historian of the Great Peloponnesian War left off. Who was this historian of the Great Peloponnesian War?
Selected Answer:
2.
Thucydides
Question 7
5 out of 5 points
Which Spartan king came to power in 400 BC, and by the mid-390s was leading a Spartan army into Asia Minor against the Persians?
Selected Answer:
4.
Agesilaus II
Question 8
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After their victory in the Peloponnesian War, the Spartans began imposing which type of government on the Athenians and their allies?
Selected Answer:
2.
oligarchy
Question 9
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Which Spartan "Inferior" organized a conspiracy to overthrow the Spartan state and give rights to poorer
Spartans and to helots?
Selected Answer:
3.
Cinadon
Question 10
5 out of 5 points
Why was Agesilaus forced to quit his campaign against the Persians in Asia Minor?
Selected Answer:
4.
a collection of Greek poleis, supported by Persian gold, had revolted against Spartan hegemony
Question 11
5 out of 5 points
Sparta begins the 4th century BCE by throwng its weight around, much like Athens did before her. This alienated her allies and led to which war?
Selected Answer:
3.
Corinthian War
Question 12
5 out of 5 points
A peace treaty ending the Corinthian War was finally signed 386 BCE. It was known as the King's Peace because it was imposed on the Greeks by which king?
Selected Answer:
3.
the King of Persia
Question 13
5 out of 5 points
The word “hegemony” means
Selected Answer:
2.
dominance
Question 14
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In the 370s BC, which Boeotian polis rejected interference into its domestic affairs and was determined to defeat the power of Sparta?
Selected Answer:
3.
Thebes
Question 15
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5 out of 5 points
The nucleus of Thebes' resurgent army was a group of 150 homosexual couples known as
Selected Answer:
3.
the Sacred Band
Question 16
5 out of 5 points
Thebes relied on the brilliance of which general to lead it to victory over Sparta and a brief dominance of the Greek world in the years after the Peloponnesian War?
Selected Answer:
1.
Epaminondas
Question 17
5 out of 5 points
At Leuctra, Spartan power is crushed when the brilliant Theban general Epaminondas introduced which alterations to the traditional phalanx formation?
Selected Answer:
3.
“stack the left 50 deep, oblique the right”
Question 18
5 out of 5 points
After his victory over the Spartans at Leuctra, what did Epaminondas do next?
Selected Answer:
2.
invaded the Peloponnese and freed the helots of Messenia
Question 19
5 out of 5 points
Plato wrote many dialogues that featured Socrates as the main speaker. Which dialogue contained Plato's description of the ideal government?
Selected Answer:
4.
The Republic
Question 20
5 out of 5 points
What did Aristotle advocate as a way of achieving balance in life?
Selected Answer:
4.
Finding the Golden Mean
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Geographically, Macedonia was a kingdom _________________ of the Peloponnesian and Attic peninsulas.
Selected Answer:
1.
north
Answers:
1.
north
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2.
south
3.
east
4.
west
5.
southeast
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
In 359 BC, who became king of Macedonia?
Selected Answer:
4.
Philip II
Answers:
1.
Perdicas II
2.
Alexander III
3.
Ptolemey IV
4.
Philip II
5.
Antonius II
Question 3
5 out of 5 points
Which Athenian rhetorician urged King Philip of Macedon to lead a unified Greek "crusade" against the Persian empire?
Selected Answer:
3.
Isocrates
Answers:
1.
Pindar
2.
Sophocles
3.
Isocrates
4.
Demosthenes
5.
Philoctetes
Question 4
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In order to turn it into the premier military organization of its day, Philip had to make many
changes to the Macedonian army, including equipping his phalangites with a 16 foot-long pike called a
Selected Answer:
2.
sarissa
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Answers:
1.
petard
2.
sarissa
3.
nicomancer
4.
altimitros
5.
gnosis
Question 5
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The Macedonian phalanx differed from its Greek counterpart in that it
Selected Answer:
2.
was 16 men deep instead of the usual 8 ranks deep.
Answers:
1.
was 5 men deep instead of the usual 8 ranks deep.
2.
was 16 men deep instead of the usual 8 ranks deep.
3.
used shorter spears than the Greeks.
4.
the men were fully encased in steel armor.
5.
was more vulnerable to archers.
Question 6
5 out of 5 points
Which Athenian orator made a career out of warning the Greeks about the ambitions of Philip II of Macedonia?
Selected Answer:
4.
Demosthenes
Answers:
1.
Plato
2.
Socrates
3.
Aristotle
4.
Demosthenes
5.
Euripides
Question 7
5 out of 5 points
When deployed for battle, the Macedonian military was used like a
Selected Answer:
5.
hammer and anvil.
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Answers:
1.
bow and arrow.
2.
horse and wagon.
3.
rope and tree.
4.
sling and pellet
5.
hammer and anvil.
Question 8
5 out of 5 points
How was Philip of Macedon able to take control of the Greek city-states?
Selected Answer:
3.
Philip formed alliances with some states, others he overthrew by defeating them in battle
Answers:
1.
after the Greek citizens of Athens and Sparta elected Philip to be their ruler, all the less powerful poleis followed suit.
2.
Philip joined forces with Persia to defeat the city-states
3.
Philip formed alliances with some states, others he overthrew by defeating them in battle
4.
he inherited control of the Greek states through his father
5.
an oracle had proclaimed Philip a god, and the Greeks had taken this as a sign of Philip's divine right to rule
Question 9
5 out of 5 points
Macedonia's Philip II defeated Athens and Thebes at the Battle of:
Selected Answer:
2.
Chaeronea.
Answers:
1.
Granicus River.
2.
Chaeronea.
3.
Issus.
4.
Halicarnassus.
5.
Tegea.
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Question 10
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After defeating the Greeks at Chaeronea in 338 BC, Philip established a pan-Hellenic league whose ultimate purpose was to launch an invasion of the Persian empire. What was
this league called?
Selected Answer:
2.
League of Corinth
Answers:
1.
League of Argos
2.
League of Corinth
3.
League of Philip
4.
League of Agamemnon
5.
Achilles League
Question 11
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After defeating the Greeks at Chaeronea and establishing the League of Corinth under his hegemony, Philip's next objective seems to have been
Selected Answer:
3.
the conquest of the Persian empire
Answers:
1.
the conquest of Roman Italy
2.
the conquest of Egypt
3.
the conquest of the Persian empire
4.
the conquest of Carthage
5.
the conquest of Sicily
Question 12
5 out of 5 points
Why didn't Philip follow through on his plan to invade and conquer the Persian empire?
Selected Answer:
5.
Philip was assassinated before the campaign began
Answers:
1.
the Persians were able to bribe him with vast summs of gold
2.
an oracle had stated that crossing the Hellespont would lead to disaster
3.
a revolt of Greek poleis derailed his plan
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4.
Philip was deposed as king by his elder brother Perdiccas and sent into exile
5.
Philip was assassinated before the campaign began
Question 13
5 out of 5 points
After news of Philip's assassination reached the Greek poleis, several rebelled against Macedonian hegemony. Which polis did Alexander destroy in order to set an example?
Selected Answer:
2.
Thebes
Answers:
1.
Corinth
2.
Thebes
3.
Athens
4.
Sparta
5.
Corcyra
Question 14
5 out of 5 points
Alexander is said to have slept with a copy of what literary work tucked under his pillow?
Selected Answer:
4.
Iliad
Answers:
1.
Theogany
2.
Works and Days
3.
Odyssey
4.
Iliad
5.
Plato's Republic
Question 15
5 out of 5 points
Which Persian king defended his empire against Alexander's invasion?
Selected Answer:
3.
Darius III
Answers:
1.
Xerxes III
2.
Cambyses III
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3.
Darius III
4.
Cyrus III
5.
Megabezos III
Question 16
5 out of 5 points
When it came to invading the Persian empire, Alexander picked up where Philip left off. In 334 BC, Alexander led a Macedonian army into Asia Minor. The campaign lasted for three years, during which time he fought three major battles. What were they?
Selected Answer:
2.
Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela
Answers:
1.
Ticinus, Trebia, Lake Trasimene
2.
Granicus, Issus, Gaugamela
3.
Pharsalus, Thapsus, Munda
4.
Bibracte, Alesia, Gergovia
5.
Chalons, Adrianople, Frigidus
Question 17
5 out of 5 points
Which eastern Mediterranean port city was captured by Alexander after a seven month siege?
Selected Answer:
3.
Tyre
Answers:
1.
Alexandria
2.
Jerusalem
3.
Tyre
4.
Ur
5.
Akkad
Question 18
5 out of 5 points
The death of this beloved friend greatly saddened Alexander near the end of his own life:
Selected Answer:
4.
Hephaistion
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Answers:
1.
Callisthenes
2.
Philotas
3.
Parmenion
4.
Hephaistion
5.
Ptolemey
Question 19
5 out of 5 points
By 327 BCE Alexander's troops refused to go any further from home after they reached
Selected Answer:
5.
India
Answers:
1.
China
2.
Asia Minor
3.
Mesopotamia
4.
Persia
5.
India
Question 20
5 out of 5 points
What happened to Alexander’s empire after his death?
Selected Answer:
3.
Alexander’s generals each took control of a part of the empire
Answers:
1.
a revived Delian League led by Athens took control of 90% of its territory
2.
Alexander’s son became king of a unified empire
3.
Alexander’s generals each took control of a part of the empire
4.
the Persians took control
5.
Epaminondas of Thebes led his city to victory over Alexander’s leaderless army
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