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1. a2 + b2 = c2 in a right triangle.
A. Euclid B. Pythagoras C. Anaxagoras D. Hypotenuseus |
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2. A 1300-room complex identifiable by its famed double-ax inscriptions was located at the ancient city of:
A. Athens B. Knossos C. Gortyn D. Syracuse |
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3. A central hearth, support columns, and open two-columned porch were standard features of a(n):
A. oinochoe B. taxiarch C. megaron D. deipnon |
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4. A drinking horn with one handle, often in the shape of an animal's head, was the:
A. rhyton B. kleros C. pedion D. phylax |
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5. A paean was a hymn to:
A. Zeus B. Athena C. Pan D. Apollo |
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6. A wall of overlapping shields and forward-pointing spears was the chief feature of the:
A. kapelos B. archon C. phalanx D. hippeis |
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7. After the reforms of Cleisthenes, this Athenian assembly consisted of 500 members.
A. Taygetus B. Cyclades C. Areopagus D. Boule |
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8. Alexander the Great once said that if he were not Alexander, he'd wish to be this Cynic philosopher.
A. Anaxagoras B. Pyrrhon C. Diogenes D. Eucleides |
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9. An ancient hecatomb was a(n):
A. meeting place B. mathematical sign C. art form D. sacrifice of 100 cattle |
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10. An obol was a(n):
A. coin B. meal C. soldier D. wagon |
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11. An odos was a(n):
A. article of clothing B. road C. battle D. religious ceremony |
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12. Ancient Greeks mixed water and wine in a bowl called a:
A. amphora B. stele C. loutrophoros D. krater |
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13. Aristotle wrote that this philosopher believed all matter came from water and would return to water.
A. Thales B. Aristion C. Callicrates D. Mnesicles |
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14. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics derives its name from:
A. his place of birth B. the ruling archon in Athens at the time
C. his son Nicomachus, who edited the book D. the name of his wealthy patron |
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| C. his son Nicomachus, who edited the book |
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15. Around 392 BC he opened his own school of rhetoric and became quite wealthy from it.
A. Lysippus B. Apollodorus C. Isocrates D. Timotheus |
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16. Athenian black-figure potters created black figures on red backgrounds by means of:
A. paint applied at the end of the process B. oxidation during the firing process
C. special 'black clay' from Thera D. a method unknown to us today |
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| B. oxidation during the firing process |
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17. Broken pieces of pottery were used in ancient Greece as:
A. 'scrap paper' B. voting ballots C. construction material D. all of the above |
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18. Didaskaliai were official records of:
A. dramatic performances B. school attendees C. war casualties D. royal lineage |
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19. Ephesus used bees and Aegina used turtles for:
A. a special local dish B. prophecy C. coinage symbols D. house pets |
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20. Greeks left 'lifting bosses' on these items to make them easier to transport.
A. homes B. warships C. slaves D. blocks of stone |
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21. He called his school of philosophy "The Garden" and established it around 307 BC.
A. Epicurus B. Diogenes C. Scopas D. Polygnotus |
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22. He claimed his name was 'in order to trick his drunken captor.
A. Achilles B. Ajax C. Diomedes D. Odysseus |
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23. He sculpted the famous 'Discus Thrower' bronze, of which a Roman marble copy is in the Vatican.
A. Pytheus B. Myron C. Praxiteles D. Callicrates |
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24. He wandered the Agora in the daylight with a torch, looking for an honest man.
A. Diogenes B. Empedocles C. Heracleitus D. Anaximander |
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25. He was the first to assert that the universe was infinite and eternal and free of controls by gods.
A. Anaximenes B. Plato C. Leucippus D. Epicurus |
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26. He was the secondary honoree of the Olympic Games, after Zeus.
A. Hermes B. Poseidon C. Theseus D. Pelops |
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27. His epitaph mentions his participation in the victory at Marathon but not his success as a playwright.
A. Bacchylides B. Aeschylus C. Aristophanes D. Homer |
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28. His Phainomena on astronomy was composed in dactylic hexameter and achieved immediate fame.
A. Hermippus B. Euphorion C. Aratus D. Pindar |
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29. His pupils Alcamenes and Agoracritus most likely sculpted the pedimental works of the Parthenon.
A. Euphranor B. Mnesicles C. Polyclitus D. Pheidias |
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30. Homer's Iliad ends with:
A. the end of the war B. the Trojan Horse C. the death of Priam D. the funeral of Hector |
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31. How many books comprise the Iliad?
A. 6 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16 |
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32. In 387 BC Plato began instructing students in a grove of trees in northwest Athens called:
A. the Academy B. Gedrosia C. Eleusis D. Dendrina |
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33. In classical Doric temples, this feature rests along the top of a row of columns.
A. stylobate B. cornice C. metope D. architrave |
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34. In front of the skene of a Greek theater was the:
A. proskenion B. orchestra C. koilon D. parados |
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35. In this play of 411 BC, the women of several Greek cities agree to abstain from marital relations with their
husbands until the men agree to bring the Peloponnesian War to an end.
A. Medea B. Lysistrata C. Thesmophoriasuzai D. Bacchae |
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36. Just before his death, this Greek mathematician asked his executioner to leave his circles alone.
A. Euclid B. Pythagoras C. Hermippus D. Archimedes |
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37. Legend says that Aristotle was killed when an eagle dropped a ____ on his head.
A. rock B. tortoise C. fish D. mouse |
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38. Minoan religious ceremonies often involved acrobatic vaulting over:
A. slaves B. wooden horses C. bulls D. walls |
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39. Monodia were:
A. children's games B. tables C. solo songs D. legal decrees |
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40. Parmenides was the founder of this school of philosophy, with Zeno as one of his disciples.
A. Epicurean B. Stoic C. Cynic D. Eleatic |
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41. 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, Black Figure, Red Figure |
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42. Playwright who penned the line, "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad."
A. Euripides B. Sophocles C. Aeschylus D. Aristophanes |
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43. Politeia was the Greek title of this, Plato's most famous work.
A. Phaidon B. The Republic C. Crito D. Symposium |
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44. Produced in 423 BC, it came in last place at the City Dionysia and featured an actor playing Socrates.
A. The Wasps B. The Clouds C. The Frogs D. The Birds |
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45. Public facilities for education, socialization, and athletic training were called:
A. gymnasia B. dekades C. syntagma D. deigmata |
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46. She was the mistress (and possibly wife) of Pericles and bore him a son.
A. Sappho B. Megara C. Aspasia D. Pisidia |
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47. Sophocles set his play Oedipus at Colonus in the town of Colonus because:
A. it was Sophocles' own hometown B. the town paid him a fee to earn this honor
C. the mythic tradition required it D. Thebes had banished Oedipus there |
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48. The #1 tourist attraction in ancient Greece was a place of theater, recreation, and fortune telling called:
A. Delos B. Mykonos C. Delphi D. Argos |
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49. The admiring residents of Syracuse built a statue of ____ who was coming there into exile from Mytilene.
A. Sappho B. Alcibiades C. Dionysius D. Herodotus |
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50. The ancient Greeks knew this comedy of Aristophanes by the onomatopoeic title Batrachoi.
A. The Clouds B. The Frogs C. The Birds D. The Wasps |
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51. The Athenian school called the Lyceum was made most famous for its association with:
A. Archilochus B. Pindar C. Socrates D. Aristotle |
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52. The author of the mythological work Theogony was:
A. Apollonius B. Hesiod C. Callimachus D. Homer |
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53. The barbiton was an ancient:
A. athletic event B. musical instrument C. shaving device D. article of clothing |
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54. The basic garment of both Greek men and women was the:
A. chiton B. peplos C. himation D. toga |
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55. The best preserved Doric temple in the Greek world can be found at:
A. Athens B. Sparta C. Mycenae D. Samos |
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56. The central marketplace and gathering spot in ancient Athens was the:
A. Stadion B. Acropolis C. Agora D. Monastiraki |
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57. The chief attraction for visitors to the ancient (and modern) city of Epidauros is the:
A. temple of Zeus B. athletic stadium C. theater D. Tower of the Winds |
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58. The Cretan town of Aghia Triadha has yielded the greatest numbers of examples of this:
A. Linear A writing B. 'figure 8' shields C. boars tusk helmets D. gold burial masks |
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59. The Dipylon Gate from which the Sacred Way took its start stood in the part of Athens called:
A. Kerameikos B. Agora C. Acropolis D. Eridanus |
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60. The distance of four hundred steps taken by Hercules equaled the:
A. hekatompedos B. stadion C. plethron D. medimnos |
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61. The Dyskolos and the Girl from Samos are among the surviving comedies of:
A. Diphilus B. Aristophanes C. Archilochus D. Menander |
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62. The epigram "stranger, tell the Spartans that we lie here, obedient to their orders" was written by:
A. Anacreon B. Simonides C. Alcaeus D. Mimnermus |
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63. The expensive and popular purple dyes of ancient Greece came primarily from:
A. plants B. minerals C. animal blood D. sea snails |
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64. The famed physician who flourished around the time of Pericles was:
A. Moschus B. Machon C. Hippocrates D. Theopompus |
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65. The famed 'Venus de Milo' was sculpted out of marble from this island.
A. Delos B. Paros C. Chios D. Salamis |
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66. The famous chryselephantine statues of antiquity were so named because of their:
A. inventor, whose name was similar B. place of origin
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67. The first play that Sophocles composed while writing his Theban Trilogy was:
A. Oedipus the King B. Antigone C. Oedipus at Colonus D. none of these |
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68. The governmental action called 'graphe paranomon' was used to:
A. banish powerful citizens B. collect more taxes during a non-tax year
C. declare war on fellow Greek city-states D. stop potentially illegal new legislation |
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69. The Greek art form called a 'kore' depicted:
A. the countryside B. a deity C. a young girl D. a household object |
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70. The Greek town of Pylos has yielded the second greatest volume of examples of this:
A. red-figure pottery B. Linear B writing C. shaft graves D. Egyptian papyrus |
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71. The Greek word tragedy literally meant:
A. goat song B. sadness C. mask-wearer D. honor the gods |
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72. The heavily-armed citizen militia of ancient Greece were the:
A. hoplites B. archons C. ephors D. thetes |
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73. The Minoan culture was centered around:
A. Rhodes B. Crete C. Mycenae D. Sparta |
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74. The opisthodomos of a Greek temple:
A. gave symmetry to the naos at the front B. featured larger than life sculptures
C. contained the cult statue of the deity D. helped rainwater drain away from the building |
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75. The philosophy that took its name from the "Painted Porch" in the Agora where its first pupils were taught:
A. Peripatetic B. Epicurean C. Stoicism D. Hippocratic |
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76. The Spartan Senate, which consisted of 28 members and the two kings, was the:
A. Apella B. Areopagus C. Gerousia D. Ecclesia |
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77. The Temple of Hera on Samos was the first to use this classical order of architecture.
A. Corinthian B. Aeolic C. Doric D. Ionic |
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78. 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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79. The terms 'eponymous' and 'basileus' were applied in Athens to the officials called:
A. archons B. ephors C. strategoi D. satraps |
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80. The Thracian slave best known for his short stories (prose or verse) ending in a moral.
A. Polybius B. Aesop C. Nicander D. Cratippus |
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81. This assembly met on the Pnyx, and Pericles arranged for the members to be paid for their service.
A. Boule B. Apella C. Ecclesia D. Epigoni |
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82. This native of Halicarnassus wrote about the Persian Wars that took place during his childhood.
A. Euhemerus B. Herodotus C. Thucydides D. Xenophon |
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83. This philosopher predicted the solar eclipse of May 25, 585 BC which halted the Battle of the Halys.
A. Thales B. Paeonius C. Euphranor D. Cynosarges |
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84. This play by Euripides premiered posthumously in 405 BC and won first prize at the City Dionysia.
A. Bacchae B. Alcestis C. Electra D. Orestes |
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85. This playwright in his youth led a boys victory chorus after the battle of Salamis.
A. Aeschylus B. Sophocles C. Euripides D. Cimon |
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86. This poet's house in Thebes was spared by Alexander the Great as the rest of the city was destroyed.
A. Tyrtaeus B. Onomacritus C. Pindar D. Nicander |
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87. This school of philosophy was founded in 335 BC by Aristotle.
A. Peripatetic B. Philitic C. Oxyrhyncus D. Stoic |
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88. This student of Callimachus and head of the Library at Alexandria was best known for his Argonautica.
A. Catullus B. Hieronymus C. Apollonius of Rhodes D. Theopompus |
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89. This tree offered its leaves for victory crowns at the Olympic Games.
A. laurel B. oak C. olive D. willow |
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90. This tube-shaped garment was the typical outer garment of Greek women in the 6th century BC.
A. chiton B. himation C. peplos D. chlamys |
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91. This was the primary sweetener used by the ancient Greeks.
A. sugar B. molasses C. apple juice D. honey |
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92. This word referred to actions taken to shame one's victim and the accompanying sense of self-superiority.
A. khalkos B. hybris C. periplus D. arete |
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93. Usually pinned at the right shoulder, it was a woolen cloak worn particularly by those in the army.
A. chiton B. chlamys C. peplos D. himation |
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95. Which deity was NOT the patron deity honored at a major Panhellenic athletic festival in Greece?
A. Zeus B. Apollo C. Poseidon D. Athena |
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96. Which feature of Mycenaean 'shaft graves' is INCORRECT?
A. household objects were found with the remains B. a mound of earth was put over the shaft
C. the name of the deceased was included inside D. a gravestone marked the site of the burial |
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97. Which of these was the least emphasized in the formal education of Spartan children?
A. sports B. writing C. dancing D. music |
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98. Xenophon's account of his return from mercenary army service in Asia was the:
A. Anabasis B. Plutus C. Historiai D. Heracleidae |
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99. You walk eighteen miles from Athens and find yourself participating in a ritual in the Telesterion near the
Rharian Field where grain was said to have first grown. You are in:
A. Thebes B. Laurion C. Eleusis D. Sounion |
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100. Zeugitai were:
A. military officers B. oxen used to plow a field in one day
C. prostitutes kept by the State for official guests D. one of Cleisthenes' property classes |
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