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The Glory That Was Ancient Greece
Interactive Multiple-Choice Test
1.
Who is credited with writing the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'?
Alexander
Aristotle
Homer
Plato
2.
What body of water separates the Greek peninsula from Asia Minor?
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Ionian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
3.
__________ was the first law-giver of Athens.
Draco
Pericles
Plato
Solon
4.
Which factor helped to unite the Greeks?
common culture and heritage
defense against Marseilles
mountainous terrain
similar forms of government
5.
What Greek city-state was the center of classical Greek philosophy and thought?
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
Thebes
6.
__________ was the first archaeologist to excavate the ancient city of Troy.
Agamemnon
Champollion
Evans
Schliemann
7.
The ancient city of Troy, setting for the Trojan War, was located in modern-day __________.
Cyprus
Greece
Macedonia
Turkey
8.
In a/an __________, rule is administered by a few elites.
democracy
hierarchy
monarchy
oligarchy
9.
Helots were slaves living in __________ who outnumbered their leaders by twenty to one.
Alexandria
Athens
Carthage
Sparta
10.
The Latin alphabet, used to write English, was created from the __________ alphabet.
Etruscan
Greek
Persian
Roman
11.
Which of the following statements is not true of Athenian democracy?
A person considered to be a threat to stability could be exiled for ten years.
All adult male citizens could vote.
Direct democracy meant that a voter had to be present to vote.
Women could vote in the Assembly.
12.
What Greek city-state required strict military training for all male citizens, beginning at age seven?
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
Thebes
13.
__________ dominated the Delian League.
Athens
Sparta
Syracuse
Thebes
14.
__________ dominated the Peloponnesian League.
Athens
Sparta
Syracuse
Thebes
15.
The Stoics were led by __________.
Aristotle
Diogenes
Epicurus
Zeno
16.
__________ founded the Delian League.
Alexander
Aristides
Cimon
Pericles
17.
What Greek woman is famous for her lyric poetry?
Aphrodite
Athena
Diana
Sappho
18.
What story tells of the wanderings of Odysseus (also known as Ulysses) following the Trojan War?
Homer the Roamer
Iliad
Odyssey
Tale of Ulysses
19.
__________ is called the “father of history.”
Diogenes
Euclid
Herodotus
Plato
20.
What famous Greek orator spoke against Philip of Macedonia?
Demosthenes
Diogenes
Pythagoras
Themistocles
21.
Greek forces defeated a Persian invasion at the battle of __________.
Arbela
Marathon
Salamis
Thermopylae
22.
__________ is called the “father of medicine.”
Democritus
Hippocrates
Pythagoras
Thales
23.
Which of Alexander’s generals came to rule Egypt?
Antigonus
Odysseus
Ptolemy
Seleucus
24.
__________ served as teacher to the young Alexander.
Archimedes
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
25.
The education of Athenian boys focused on __________.
citizenship and participation in government
loyalty to the emperor and to the pope
military training and laconic speech
weaving and other domestic arts
26.
The education of Athenian girls focused on __________.
citizenship and participation in government
loyalty to the emperor and to the pope
military training and laconic speech
weaving and other domestic arts
27.
The spread of Greek culture throughout Alexander’s former empire during the third to first centuries B.C.E. is known as the __________ period.
Alexandrian
Greco-Roman
Hellenic
Hellenistic
28.
__________ was sentenced to die by drinking hemlock after being convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens.
Aristotle
Demosthenes
Plato
Socrates
29.
Which were enemies in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Persia
Athens and Sparta
Sparta and Egypt
Sparta and Persia
30.
King Leonidas of Sparta attempted to hold the pass of __________ against the Persians.
Marathon
Salamis
Syracuse
Thermopylae
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