Question 1

What was the term used for foreigners who received permanent residence status in exchange for paying taxes and serving in the military?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hetairas 
B)  Miletus 
C)  Sophists 
D)  Metics 
A)  Hetairas 
B)  Miletus 
C)  Sophists 
D)  Metics

Question 2

Greek warships propelled by 170 rowers on three levels and equipped with a battering ram at the bow were known as

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A)  triremes. 
B)  Herakles. 
C)  metics. 
D)  hetaira. 
A)  triremes. 
B)  Herakles. 
C)  metics. 
D)  hetaira.

Question 3

What role did families play in the lives of Athenian women?

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Question 4

Which classes of Athenian women were more independent, and how was that independence manifested?

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Question 5

In Greek tragedies, leading characters, usually the high and mighty, suffered a reversal of fortune because of hubris, a Greek term for

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A)  violent arrogance. 
B)  ignorance and superstition. 
C)  blasphemy and irreverence. 
D)  sexual excess. 
A)  violent arrogance. 
B)  ignorance and superstition. 
C)  blasphemy and irreverence. 
D)  sexual excess.

Question 6

The Parthenon's frieze exemplifies Athenian confidence because it portrays

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A)  the Athenians in the presence of the gods. 
B)  the Athenians defeating the Persians. 
C)  the gods battling the Persians. 
D)  the Athenians receiving gifts and blessings from the gods. 
A)  the Athenians in the presence of the gods. 
B)  the Athenians defeating the Persians. 
C)  the gods battling the Persians. 
D)  the Athenians receiving gifts and blessings from the gods.

Question 7

Socrates was the first philosopher in ancient Greece to

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A)  insist that the world was ruled not by gods but by natural laws. 
B)  urge Greeks to give up their study of Homer and Hesiod and replace it with a study of natural philosophy. 
C)  argue for the inclusion of women in political life. 
D)  make ethics and morality the main focus of his teachings. 
A)  insist that the world was ruled not by gods but by natural laws. 
B)  urge Greeks to give up their study of Homer and Hesiod and replace it with a study of natural philosophy. 
C)  argue for the inclusion of women in political life. 
D)  make ethics and morality the main focus of his teachings.

Question 8

Please discuss the strategic and diplomatic miscalculations that helped lead to the Persian Wars.

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Question 9

Why did the Sophists arouse controversy in fifth-century B.C.E. Athens? Who was most likely to embrace the ideas and teachings of the Sophists?

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Question 10

How did Athens dominate the Delian League and create an empire?

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Question 11

The majority of Athens's population consisted of

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A)  wealthy elites and revered soldiers. 
B)  individuals who lacked political rights. 
C)  male citizens who were active in the city-state's government. 
D)  women who held Athenian citizenship but were not eligible to vote. 
A)  wealthy elites and revered soldiers. 
B)  individuals who lacked political rights. 
C)  male citizens who were active in the city-state's government. 
D)  women who held Athenian citizenship but were not eligible to vote.

Question 12

The procedure known as ostracism in fifth-century B.C.E. Athens served as a safeguard against which of the following?

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A)  The dissipation of private property, because only males were thought suitable to inherit family wealth 
B)  The corruption of Greek culture resulting from the enthusiastic adoption of foreign customs and habits by Athenian youth 
C)  Mob rule in situations in which unscrupulous orators succeeded in swaying the assembly into adopting measures antithetical to community interests 
D)  Despotism by any individual who had become so popular that he might overthrow the democracy 
A)  The dissipation of private property, because only males were thought suitable to inherit family wealth 
B)  The corruption of Greek culture resulting from the enthusiastic adoption of foreign customs and habits by Athenian youth 
C)  Mob rule in situations in which unscrupulous orators succeeded in swaying the assembly into adopting measures antithetical to community interests 
D)  Despotism by any individual who had become so popular that he might overthrow the democracy

Question 13

What Greek physician was regarded as a pioneer in using clinical observation to make medical diagnoses and may have been the author of the view that the human body consists of four humors, or fluids?

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A)  Herodotus 
B)  Protagoras 
C)  Hippocrates 
D)  Sophocles 
A)  Herodotus 
B)  Protagoras 
C)  Hippocrates 
D)  Sophocles

Question 14

How were the comparatively small Greek forces able to defeat the numerically superior Persian invaders at Marathon and Salamis?

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Question 15

How and why did education in Athens change during the mid-fifth century B.C.E.?

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Question 16

What finally convinced Sparta to send Athens an ultimatum demanding that it curtail its aggressive foreign policy?

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A)  Corinth, a Spartan ally, threatened to ally itself with Athens if Sparta did not intervene on its behalf to prevent future Athenian aggression. 
B)  Sparta feared that Athenian aggression abroad might antagonize the Persians into a renewed attack on the Greek mainland. 
C)  The Athenian general Alcibiades persuaded Corinth to break with Sparta and join Athens. 
D)  Corinth, an Athenian ally, attacked Megara, a Spartan ally, thus violating the terms of the Athenian-Spartan peace treaty. 
A)  Corinth, a Spartan ally, threatened to ally itself with Athens if Sparta did not intervene on its behalf to prevent future Athenian aggression. 
B)  Sparta feared that Athenian aggression abroad might antagonize the Persians into a renewed attack on the Greek mainland. 
C)  The Athenian general Alcibiades persuaded Corinth to break with Sparta and join Athens. 
D)  Corinth, an Athenian ally, attacked Megara, a Spartan ally, thus violating the terms of the Athenian-Spartan peace treaty.

Question 17

Athens met with disaster when its generals attempted to conquer Sparta's allies in

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A)  Sicily. 
B)  Cyprus. 
C)  Melos. 
D)  Corinth. 
A)  Sicily. 
B)  Cyprus. 
C)  Melos. 
D)  Corinth.

Question 18

Which of the following was one of the educational traditions of Golden Age Athens?

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A)  A mentor-protégé relationship whereby a male adolescent would learn from an older man by accompanying him in the course of his public functions, athletic exercises, and social interactions 
B)  The symposium, an intensive rhetoric course attended by the wealthy young men of Athens 
C)  The gymnasium, an exercise ground for boys to practice for military service 
D)  A system in which promising lower-class boys were housed and educated by wealthy benefactors 
A)  A mentor-protégé relationship whereby a male adolescent would learn from an older man by accompanying him in the course of his public functions, athletic exercises, and social interactions 
B)  The symposium, an intensive rhetoric course attended by the wealthy young men of Athens 
C)  The gymnasium, an exercise ground for boys to practice for military service 
D)  A system in which promising lower-class boys were housed and educated by wealthy benefactors

Question 19

In his History of the Peloponnesian War, the Greek historian Thucydides broke with tradition by

Accepted Answer

A)  describing the moral failures and miscalculations of the Greeks. 
B)  ascribing the failure of the Athenians to their democratic system. 
C)  focusing on the role of the gods in the conflict. 
D)  underscoring the role of the Persians in bringing on the conflict. 
A)  describing the moral failures and miscalculations of the Greeks. 
B)  ascribing the failure of the Athenians to their democratic system. 
C)  focusing on the role of the gods in the conflict. 
D)  underscoring the role of the Persians in bringing on the conflict.

Question 20

What did the Athenians do that so enraged the Persian king Darius I?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Athenians refused to pay tribute to the Persian governors in Ionia. 
B)  The Athenians aided the Greek Ionian city-states in their uprising against their Persian overlords. 
C)  The Athenians humiliated the Persians by defeating the Persian king Darius's son Xerxes I at the battle of Thermopylae. 
D)  The Athenians launched a campaign against Persian allies in Ionia. 
A)  The Athenians refused to pay tribute to the Persian governors in Ionia. 
B)  The Athenians aided the Greek Ionian city-states in their uprising against their Persian overlords. 
C)  The Athenians humiliated the Persians by defeating the Persian king Darius's son Xerxes I at the battle of Thermopylae. 
D)  The Athenians launched a campaign against Persian allies in Ionia.

Exam 3: The Greek Golden Age, C 500-C 400 B.C.E

What was the term used for foreigners who received permanent residence status in exchange for paying taxes and serving in the military?

Greek warships propelled by 170 rowers on three levels and equipped with a battering ram at the bow were known as

What role did families play in the lives of Athenian women?

Which classes of Athenian women were more independent, and how was that independence manifested?

In Greek tragedies, leading characters, usually the high and mighty, suffered a reversal of fortune because of hubris, a Greek term for

The Parthenon's frieze exemplifies Athenian confidence because it portrays

Socrates was the first philosopher in ancient Greece to

Please discuss the strategic and diplomatic miscalculations that helped lead to the Persian Wars.

Why did the Sophists arouse controversy in fifth-century B.C.E. Athens? Who was most likely to embrace the ideas and teachings of the Sophists?

How did Athens dominate the Delian League and create an empire?

The majority of Athens's population consisted of

The procedure known as ostracism in fifth-century B.C.E. Athens served as a safeguard against which of the following?

What Greek physician was regarded as a pioneer in using clinical observation to make medical diagnoses and may have been the author of the view that the human body consists of four humors, or fluids?

How were the comparatively small Greek forces able to defeat the numerically superior Persian invaders at Marathon and Salamis?

How and why did education in Athens change during the mid-fifth century B.C.E.?

What finally convinced Sparta to send Athens an ultimatum demanding that it curtail its aggressive foreign policy?

Athens met with disaster when its generals attempted to conquer Sparta's allies in

Which of the following was one of the educational traditions of Golden Age Athens?

In his History of the Peloponnesian War, the Greek historian Thucydides broke with tradition by

What did the Athenians do that so enraged the Persian king Darius I?

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