Question 1

Why have historians described the democracy created in mid-fifth-century Athens under Pericles as "radical"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Athens's Golden Age produced an unusual number of radical philosophers, who encouraged new ways of thinking about political power. 
B)  Pericles had seized control of the Athenian government by appealing to the most radical elements of the Athenian populace. 
C)  All male residents over the age of eighteen were allowed to vote and participate in assembly meetings. 
D)  All citizens, regardless of wealth, enjoyed equal protection under the law because the court system was removed from elite control. 
A)  Athens's Golden Age produced an unusual number of radical philosophers, who encouraged new ways of thinking about political power. 
B)  Pericles had seized control of the Athenian government by appealing to the most radical elements of the Athenian populace. 
C)  All male residents over the age of eighteen were allowed to vote and participate in assembly meetings. 
D)  All citizens, regardless of wealth, enjoyed equal protection under the law because the court system was removed from elite control.

Question 2

Which of the following was allied against Persia during the Persian Wars?
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Accepted Answer

A)  Anatolia 
B)  Laconia 
C)  Thessaly 
D)  Thrace 
A)  Anatolia 
B)  Laconia 
C)  Thessaly 
D)  Thrace

Question 3

How did Golden Age comedies differ from tragedies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Comedies were openly critical of contemporary people and policies. 
B)  Comedies were considered inferior to tragedies and were excluded from religious festivals. 
C)  Comedies were written in verse and enlivened by spectacular costumes and special effects. 
D)  Comedies were enormously popular, drawing large audiences rather than just an educated few. 
A)  Comedies were openly critical of contemporary people and policies. 
B)  Comedies were considered inferior to tragedies and were excluded from religious festivals. 
C)  Comedies were written in verse and enlivened by spectacular costumes and special effects. 
D)  Comedies were enormously popular, drawing large audiences rather than just an educated few.

Question 4

According to Thucydides, what reason did Pericles offer for rejecting Sparta's ultimatum?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pericles argued that Athens was completely innocent of Sparta's charges and that Sparta was simply trying to provoke Athens's allies into seceding from the Delian League. 
B)  Pericles insisted that Corinth, Sparta's ally, had attacked Athens first and had to be punished so that Athens would not lose face. 
C)  Pericles explained that giving in to Sparta would be taken as a sign of weakness and would encourage Athens's allies to withdraw their support. 
D)  Pericles argued that giving in to Sparta's demand would be a sign of weakness and would only encourage Sparta to take further advantage of Athens. 
A)  Pericles argued that Athens was completely innocent of Sparta's charges and that Sparta was simply trying to provoke Athens's allies into seceding from the Delian League. 
B)  Pericles insisted that Corinth, Sparta's ally, had attacked Athens first and had to be punished so that Athens would not lose face. 
C)  Pericles explained that giving in to Sparta would be taken as a sign of weakness and would encourage Athens's allies to withdraw their support. 
D)  Pericles argued that giving in to Sparta's demand would be a sign of weakness and would only encourage Sparta to take further advantage of Athens.

Question 5

What was Pericles' strategy for defeating the superior Spartan army?

Accepted Answer

A)  To maneuver Spartan forces into a decisive land battle where he could make the most of existing Athenian forces 
B)  To avoid land battles whenever possible while attacking Sparta and its allies by sea 
C)  To delay all military action as long as possible 
D)  To secure the assistance of Persia in building a larger, more effective army 
A)  To maneuver Spartan forces into a decisive land battle where he could make the most of existing Athenian forces 
B)  To avoid land battles whenever possible while attacking Sparta and its allies by sea 
C)  To delay all military action as long as possible 
D)  To secure the assistance of Persia in building a larger, more effective army

Question 6

What factors led to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, the war's prolonged length, and its conclusion?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 7

In this portrayal of Athens, the long walls significantly provided
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Accepted Answer

A)  protection for the route between the urban center and the port. 
B)  a point of last refuge during a siege. 
C)  archers with protection while firing on invading armies. 
D)  defense during naval bombardments. 
A)  protection for the route between the urban center and the port. 
B)  a point of last refuge during a siege. 
C)  archers with protection while firing on invading armies. 
D)  defense during naval bombardments.

Question 8

Greeks in search of a personal religion that addressed both life on earth and the afterlife joined

Accepted Answer

A)  priests and priestesses at public festivals and rituals. 
B)  mystery cults such as the cult of Demeter. 
C)  hero cults such as the cult of Herakles. 
D)  divine cults that kept their rituals a strict secret. 
A)  priests and priestesses at public festivals and rituals. 
B)  mystery cults such as the cult of Demeter. 
C)  hero cults such as the cult of Herakles. 
D)  divine cults that kept their rituals a strict secret.

Question 9

Important discussions about politics, philosophy, and social matters often took place at a drinking party for upper-class Greek men called a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  symposium. 
B)  gymnasium. 
C)  miasma. 
D)  agora. 
A)  symposium. 
B)  gymnasium. 
C)  miasma. 
D)  agora.

Question 10

How did Athenians traditionally justify restricting women's freedom of movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  They claimed that women needed to remain confined in order to control their sexual impulses. 
B)  They insisted that women needed to be protected from seducers and rapists. 
C)  They claimed that greater mobility would prevent women from carrying out religious rites in the temples. 
D)  They believed that women would seek to leave Athens for Sparta, where women enjoyed greater freedoms. 
A)  They claimed that women needed to remain confined in order to control their sexual impulses. 
B)  They insisted that women needed to be protected from seducers and rapists. 
C)  They claimed that greater mobility would prevent women from carrying out religious rites in the temples. 
D)  They believed that women would seek to leave Athens for Sparta, where women enjoyed greater freedoms.

Question 11

The Delian League ensured that its members were protected from Persian attack but aroused the anger of many of its smaller members because Athens

Accepted Answer

A)  refused to allow them the chance to construct their own triremes in lieu of paying dues. 
B)  used its control of the league fleet to coerce dues from weaker members. 
C)  roped them into launching aggressive wars against many nondemocratic states throughout the Greek world. 
D)  conscripted rowers from the weaker nations and refused to provide Athenian rowers. 
A)  refused to allow them the chance to construct their own triremes in lieu of paying dues. 
B)  used its control of the league fleet to coerce dues from weaker members. 
C)  roped them into launching aggressive wars against many nondemocratic states throughout the Greek world. 
D)  conscripted rowers from the weaker nations and refused to provide Athenian rowers.

Question 12

What does "the Socratic method" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  A skeptical attitude toward traditional religions 
B)  The teaching of rhetoric 
C)  A manner of teaching that features relentless questioning 
D)  The pursuit of excellence, or what the Greeks called aretê 
A)  A skeptical attitude toward traditional religions 
B)  The teaching of rhetoric 
C)  A manner of teaching that features relentless questioning 
D)  The pursuit of excellence, or what the Greeks called aretê

Question 13

Which of the following was part of Classical Greece around 400 B.C.E.?
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Accepted Answer

A)  Sicily 
B)  Syracuse 
C)  Crete 
D)  Babylon 
A)  Sicily 
B)  Syracuse 
C)  Crete 
D)  Babylon

Question 14

Aspasia of Miletus exhibited so much knowledge and brilliance that which high-ranking Athenian politician wished to marry her?

Accepted Answer

A)  Socrates 
B)  Themistocles 
C)  Pericles 
D)  Alcibiades 
A)  Socrates 
B)  Themistocles 
C)  Pericles 
D)  Alcibiades

Question 15

Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata (411 B.C.E.) portrayed women seizing the initiative and acting aggressively against men in order to

Accepted Answer

A)  attain political equality and legal rights for women. 
B)  drive the Sophists and their students out of Athens. 
C)  end the Peloponnesian War and restore ordinary life. 
D)  poke fun at Pericles for giving in to so many radical demands. 
A)  attain political equality and legal rights for women. 
B)  drive the Sophists and their students out of Athens. 
C)  end the Peloponnesian War and restore ordinary life. 
D)  poke fun at Pericles for giving in to so many radical demands.

Question 16

Golden Age sculptors shattered traditions from the Archaic Age not only by creating realistic and perfectly formed bodies, but also by

Accepted Answer

A)  changing their focus to religious subjects. 
B)  depicting their subjects in a state of movement. 
C)  unveiling their works during major state festivals. 
D)  using bronze almost exclusively. 
A)  changing their focus to religious subjects. 
B)  depicting their subjects in a state of movement. 
C)  unveiling their works during major state festivals. 
D)  using bronze almost exclusively.

Question 17

A philosopher friend of Pericles who argued that the sun was not a god, and another who believed that all matter consisted of tiny particles in constant motion,

Accepted Answer

A)  angered traditional Athenians because both were prominent Sophists. 
B)  disturbed Athenians who feared that Athens would lose favor with the gods. 
C)  studied under Protagoras and defended his subjectivism. 
D)  influenced the philosophy of Socrates because they rejected traditional explanations of natural phenomena. 
A)  angered traditional Athenians because both were prominent Sophists. 
B)  disturbed Athenians who feared that Athens would lose favor with the gods. 
C)  studied under Protagoras and defended his subjectivism. 
D)  influenced the philosophy of Socrates because they rejected traditional explanations of natural phenomena.

Question 18

Compare and contrast Herodotus's and Thucydides' approaches to historical writing.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include the followi

Question 19

Who were the Sophists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Political leaders of Golden Age Athens who attempted to dazzle citizens with their rhetorical abilities and intellectual brilliance 
B)  Teenage boys who paid money to receive an education in rhetoric and mathematics from itinerant tutors 
C)  Professional teachers who-for a fee-taught students philosophy and rhetoric 
D)  Demagogues who urged Athenians to enter into what would become known as the Peloponnesian War 
A)  Political leaders of Golden Age Athens who attempted to dazzle citizens with their rhetorical abilities and intellectual brilliance 
B)  Teenage boys who paid money to receive an education in rhetoric and mathematics from itinerant tutors 
C)  Professional teachers who-for a fee-taught students philosophy and rhetoric 
D)  Demagogues who urged Athenians to enter into what would become known as the Peloponnesian War

Question 20

How did ordinary male citizens contribute to the development of Athenian radical democracy?

Accepted Answer

A)  They insisted on eligibility for public office. 
B)  They contributed toward new public buildings for elected officials. 
C)  They provided political support for their commanders in Athenian elections. 
D)  They pressed for judicial reform and equal treatment under the law. 
A)  They insisted on eligibility for public office. 
B)  They contributed toward new public buildings for elected officials. 
C)  They provided political support for their commanders in Athenian elections. 
D)  They pressed for judicial reform and equal treatment under the law.

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

Why have historians described the democracy created in mid-fifth-century Athens under Pericles as "radical"?

Which of the following was allied against Persia during the Persian Wars? ​ ​

How did Golden Age comedies differ from tragedies?

According to Thucydides, what reason did Pericles offer for rejecting Sparta's ultimatum?

What was Pericles' strategy for defeating the superior Spartan army?

What factors led to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, the war's prolonged length, and its conclusion?

In this portrayal of Athens, the long walls significantly provided ​ ​

Greeks in search of a personal religion that addressed both life on earth and the afterlife joined

Important discussions about politics, philosophy, and social matters often took place at a drinking party for upper-class Greek men called a(n)

How did Athenians traditionally justify restricting women's freedom of movement?

The Delian League ensured that its members were protected from Persian attack but aroused the anger of many of its smaller members because Athens

What does "the Socratic method" refer to?

Which of the following was part of Classical Greece around 400 B.C.E.? ​ ​

Aspasia of Miletus exhibited so much knowledge and brilliance that which high-ranking Athenian politician wished to marry her?

Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata (411 B.C.E.) portrayed women seizing the initiative and acting aggressively against men in order to

Golden Age sculptors shattered traditions from the Archaic Age not only by creating realistic and perfectly formed bodies, but also by

A philosopher friend of Pericles who argued that the sun was not a god, and another who believed that all matter consisted of tiny particles in constant motion,

Compare and contrast Herodotus's and Thucydides' approaches to historical writing.

Who were the Sophists?

How did ordinary male citizens contribute to the development of Athenian radical democracy?

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