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1. Ancient Greeks did NOT drink:
A) water B) wine C) milk D) tea |
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2. A Greek gymnasion was used for:
A) education B) worship C) lodging D) manufacturing |
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3. A petasos was a(n):
A) shoe B) belt C) undergarment D) hat |
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4. The Agora was used primarily for:
A) construction B) government C) residences D) navigation |
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5. All freeborn male Spartan citizens over the age of ____ were liable for service in the army.
A) 10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 40 |
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6. Amasis, Andocides, Exekias, and Berlin were:
A) sites of Greek colonies B) so-called 'painters' of Greek vases
C) standard characters in New Comedy D) Peloponnesian War battle sites |
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| B) so-called 'painters' of Greek vases |
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7. Ariston, deipnon, and dormon were:
A) toys B) clothing C) wagons D) meals |
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8. Astragaloi were:
A) prophets B) gaming devices C) brides D) roof tiles |
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9. Before 487 BC, which was NOT a principal function of the archon eponymos at Athens?
A) command the army B) lent his name to the name of the year
C) responsible for the city Dionysia D) nominal head of state |
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10. Boustrophedon was a style of ancient Greek:
A) writing B) speaking C) warfare D) painting |
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11. Children in ancient Greece played with dolls and doll houses.
A) true B) false |
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12. Drachmas and obols were:
A) coins B) laborers C) tribes D) buildings |
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13. Each year at the Panathenaea festival, a new _____ was presented to _____.
A) law; the Boule B) play; the strategoi C) statue; the Agora D) robe; Athena's statue |
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14. Eighty percent of Greek temples faced:
A) north B) south C) east D) west |
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15. Greek stoas were used for:
A) worship B) military training C) shopping D) all of these |
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16. Heis, pente, and deka were ancient Greek:
A) numbers B) professions C) verbs D) colors |
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17. Hekatombaion, Gamelion, and Mounichion were:
A) months in the calendar B) ostracized C) Bronze Age cities D) Aegean Sea islands |
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| A) months in the calendar |
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18. Kerameikos was an area of Athens used primarily for:
A) military training B) political speeches C) worship D) burial |
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19. Most Greek states divided their citizens into hereditary tribes called:
A) zeugitai B) phylai C) perioikoi D) hippeis |
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20. Pharos was a famous Greek:
A) lawgiver B) lighthouse C) temple D) war general |
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21. Prayer was an important part of Greek religious practices, both public and private.
A) true B) false |
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22. Sacrifice was an important part of Greek religious practices, both public and private.
A) true B) false |
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23. Place the four major Greek pottery styles in order, starting with the oldest.
A) Orientalizing, Geometric, Red Figure, Black Figure
B) Red Figure, Black Figure, Geometric, Orientalizing
C) Black Figure, Red Figure, Orientalizing, Geometric
D) Geometric, Orientalizing, Red Figure, Black Figure |
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| D) Geometric, Orientalizing, Red Figure, Black Figure |
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24. So-called 'Cyclopean' masonry is evident in the:
A) Phaistos disk B) Parthenon C) Lion Gate at Mycenae D) Athenian treasury at Delphi |
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25. Some city-states in ancient Greece charged a sales tax on certain items.
A) true B) false |
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26. Sparta's governmental council of elders was called the:
A) apella B) gerousia C) boule D) ekklesia |
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27. The ____ was a wedding song that was sung while the bride was going to the groom's house.
A) epyllion B) hymenaeus C) parthenia D) skolion |
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28. The aulos, barbiton, and salpinx were types of:
A) food B) musical instruments C) clothing D) surgical instruments |
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29. The basic inner garment worn by both men and women was the:
A) chiton B) peplos C) xystis D) zoma |
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30. The basic outer garment (cloak) was the:
A) peplos B) spolas C) himation D) kolpos |
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31. The charge of graphe paranomon in Athens in the 4th century BC meant that the accused person:
A) had tried to 'subvert the youth of the city'
B) had desecrated a sacred precinct within the city
C) had proposed a decree that was in violation of current law
D) had attempted to open a school without the consent of the archons |
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| C) had proposed a decree that was in violation of current law |
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32. The columns of a Doric temple rested upon the:
A) entablature B) pediment C) architrave D) stylobate |
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33. Hoplites were:
A) soldiers B) authors C) pack animals D) priests |
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34. The diadema and stephane were worn:
A) on the head B) on the chest C) on the foot D) around the waist |
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35. Faience was a type of ancient Greek:
A) food B) glass C) clothing D) ship |
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36. The eruption of the volcano _____ around 1630 BC possibly led to a decline in the Minoan culture.
A) Vesuvius B) Etna C) Thera D) Stromboli |
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37. The famed Rosetta Stone bears an inscription in ancient Greek as well as other languages.
A) true B) false |
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38. The Greek alphabet in classical times consisted of ____ letters.
A) 20 B) 22 C) 24 D) 26 |
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39. The Greek term for 'household' was:
A) demos B) ekdosis C) oikos D) kyrios |
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40. The helots in Sparta were:
A) kings B) generals C) priests D) serfs |
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41. The island of Paros was exploited for its:
A) marble B) limestone C) silver D) gold |
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42. The item thrown in the game of kottabos was:
A) wine B) a ball C) a discus D) a javelin |
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43. The lost-wax (cire perdue) method was commonly used for making:
A) bronze statues B) red-figure pottery C) lamps D) gold jewelry |
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44. The metics in Athens were:
A) slaves B) resident foreigners C) judges D) senators |
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45. The most common artifact found by archaeologists at ancient Greek sites is:
A) pottery B) bones C) metal D) wood |
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46. The most common food sweetener was:
A) sugar B) fruit juice C) honey D) none of these |
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47. The naos, pronaos, and opisthodomos were parts of a(n):
A) house B) army C) oration D) temple |
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48. The olive oil that athletes applied to their bodies before competition was intended for:
A) ease of movement B) slipperiness / eluding one's opponent
C) protection from sun's rays D) quicker muscle recovery after exercise |
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| C) protection from sun's rays |
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49. The preferred color for women's facial makeup (foundation) was:
A) brown B) yellow C) black D) white |
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50. The primary road from Athens to Eleusis was called the:
A) Appian Way B) Sacred Way C) Poseidonium D) Demetrina |
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51. The process of ostracism at Athens meant that a citizen, if chosen, had to leave the city for:
A) 1 year B) 5 years C) 10 years D) 20 years |
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52. The skene and proskenion were parts of a:
A) house B) warship C) theater D) temple |
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53. The stadion unit of distance (in modern equivalents) was about:
A) 100 feet B) 200 feet C) 600 feet D) 1000 feet |
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54. The stater was a(n):
A) social tribe B) type of building C) profession D) coin |
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55. The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville is topped with a replica of the ancient Choregic Monument of
_____ which still stands in the Street of the Tripods in Athens.
A) Lysicrates B) Simonides C) Stesichorus D) Alcman |
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56. The term Minoan refers to the culture of the island of ____.
A) Crete B) Delos C) Ithaca D) Rhodes |
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57. The "Treasury of Atreus" and "circle A" at Mycenae were used for:
A) habitation B) burial C) commerce D) we don't know |
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58. The two original events at the Olympic Games were:
A) long jump and boxing B) high jump and pankration
C) running and wrestling D) horse racing and chariot racing |
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59. The Tholos at Delphi was used for:
A) worship B) government C) lodging D) we don't know |
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60. This city was ruled by two kings and five ephors.
A) Athens B) Thebes C) Pylos D) Sparta |
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61. Under Athenian democracy, which right was not extended to full citizens?
A) be a juror B) burial inside the city C) vote in the Assembly D) be elected to office |
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62. Which listing begins with the place where women enjoyed the greatest personal freedom and ends with the
place where they enjoyed the least freedom?
A) Macedonia, Sparta, Athens B) Athens, Sparta, Macedonia
C) Sparta, Athens, Macedonia D) Athens, Macedonia, Sparta |
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| A) Macedonia, Sparta, Athens |
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63. Which of these was NOT mentioned in the Linear B tablets?
A) duties of priests B) names of authors C) styles of furniture D) quantities of goods |
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64. Which statement about ancient Greek religion is FALSE?
A) worship was generally done outdoors
B) foreign deities were regularly added to the Greek religion
C) temples had priests and priestesses to lead prayer and rituals
D) deities were thought to bear little resemblance to humans |
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| D) deities were thought to bear little resemblance to humans |
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67. Which statement about the classical orders of architecture is true?
A) Corinthian was the oldest B) Corinthian developed from Ionic
C) Ionic is the most plain D) Doric developed from Corinthian |
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68. Which was NOT a common method of travel from town to town in ancient Greece?
A) wagon B) walking C) donkey D) river barge |
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69. Which was NOT a main topic taught in ancient Greek schools?
A) writing B) music C) gymnastics D) history |
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70. Which was NOT a major import into ancient Greece?
A) grain B) timber C) jewelry D) slaves |
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71. Which was NOT a primary usage of olive oil?
A) cooking B) fuel for lamps C) bathing D) tanning |
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72. Which was NOT one of Greece's ancient athletic festivals?
A) Isthmian B) Lernaean C) Pythian D) Nemean |
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73. Which was NOT produced in mass quantity in ancient Greece?
A) wine B) olive oil C) cattle D) grain |
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74. Plato founded a school called the:
A) Lyceum B) Academy C) Stoic D) Eleatic |
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75. He wrote a famous inscription at Thermopylae honoring the Spartans who died there.
A) Diphilus B) Nicander C) Aristides D) Simonides |
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76. His Anabasis was an account of the Greek mercenaries who fought under Cyrus the Younger.
A) Theopompus B) Polyclitus C) Xenophon D) Euhemerus |
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77. How many books are there total in the Iliad and the Odyssey combined?
A) 12 B) 24 C) 36 D) 48 |
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78. Pindar and Bacchylides wrote _____ odes in honor of victors at Greece's athletic festivals.
A) epithalamion B) dithyrambic C) epinician D) encomic |
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79. Pythagoras and Socrates had this in common:
A) died from hemlock B) wrote no books C) born in Athens D) born as slaves |
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80. The belief of _____ was that happiness is achieved through self-sufficiency and renouncement of
possessions and relationships.
A) Xenophanes B) Diogenes C) Anaximander D) Aristippus |
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81. The best known playwright of Athenian "New Comedy" was:
A) Crates B) Timocles C) Eupolis D) Menander |
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82. The earliest surviving Greek dramatic play is from 472 BC and is the:
A) Philoctetes by Sophocles B) Persians by Aeschylus
C) Medea by Euripides D) Alcestis by Agathon |
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83. Which of the plays of Sophocles was not performed publicly until after his death?
A) Ajax B) Oedipus Tyrannos C) Antigone D) Oedipus at Colonus |
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84. The greatest of the Attic orators of the 4th century BC was:
A) Phillip B) Demosthenes C) Hortensius D) Dionysius |
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85. The historian who, as strategos, lost at the battle of Amphipolis in 424 BC:
A) Xenophon B) Thucydides C) Herodotus D) Polybius |
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86. The Lyceum was a research-based school founded by:
A) Socrates B) Plato C) Aristotle D) Isocrates |
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87. The man who changed the course of Greek philosophy by focusing on human relationships rather than
natural science was:
A) Aristotle B) Plato C) Socrates D) Anaxagoras |
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88. The most famous physician of the 4th century BC was:
A) Hippomenes B) Hippolytus C) Hippomenon D) Hippocrates |
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89. The only surviving complete example of this type of play is the Cyclops by Euripides.
A) comedy B) tragedy C) satyr play D) mime |
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90. The philosopher who first wrote that the universe consisted of the four elements earth, air, fire, and water:
A) Thales B) Pythagoras C) Heracleitus D) Empedocles |
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91. The philosophers who originated atomic theory were:
A) Democritus and Leucippus B) Socrates and Plato
C) Zeno and Parmenides D) Pythagoras and Xenophanes |
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92. The primary belief of the _____ was that whatever happened in life was divinely ordained by reason
and that failure to accept this notion was a sign of moral weakness.
A) Peripatetics B) Epicureans C) Stoics D) Cynics |
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93. Theocritus was one of the originators of the genre of _____ poetry.
A) bucolic B) epic C) lyric D) satiric |
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94. Thespis created drama as an art form by adding an actor to the choral presentation. The playwright _____
added a second actor.
A) Euripides B) Sophocles C) Aeschylus D) Thespis |
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95. This Greek scholar was the first to calculate the circumference of the earth (and accurately so) by observing
shadows cast at various points in Egypt.
A) Eratosthenes B) Aristotle C) Socrates D) Euhemerus |
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96. What 4th century BC school teacher produced a 120-volume catalog of the Library at Alexandria?
A) Aesop B) Hieronymus C) Theopompus D) Callimachus |
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97. What prize did Aristophanes' Clouds receive at the City Dionysia in 423 BC?
A) first B) second C) third D) no prize |
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98. Which epic poet wrote Theogony and Works and Days?
A) Pherecrates B) Hesiod C) Homer D) Terpander |
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99. Which historian was said by Cicero to have been the "father of history"?
A) Herodotus B) Thucydides C) Xenophon D) Polybius |
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100. Which playwright wrote more plays than the others?
A) Aeschylus B) Euripides C) Sophocles D) Aristophanes |
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