Deck 7: Sparta, Athens, and the Classical Age 500-387 BCE

Question 1

Which of the following statements are true of Spartan women?

A)They usually did not marry until the age of eighteen
B)They wore a tunic slit down the side, unlike other Greek women
C)They could not inherit property
D)They were the only Greek women who appeared openly in public

Answer 1

A,B,D

Question 2

In their late teens, some Spartan men participated in the _______, in which they were sent out to spy on and even assassinate helots.

A)sussition
B)krypteia
C)gerousia
D)zeugitai

Answer 2

B

Question 3

By 800 BCE considerable political power in Athens rested in the hands of nine annually selected _______.

A)archons
B)zeugitai
C)thetes
D)stratēgoi

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the four groups into which Solon divided the Athenian citizen body as part of his reforms?

A)The zeugitai
B)The pentakosiomedimnoi
C)The hippeis
D)The heliaia

Question 5

Which of the following was a popular and largely enlightened tyrant at Athens?

A)Cylon
B)Pericles
C)Peisistratus
D)Cleon

Question 6

Which of the following was true of an Athenian prytany?

A)At any given time one-third of the prytany lived in the Parthenon on the Acropolis
B)Each prytany ran the government for one-tenth of the year
C)A prytany consisted of fifty members
D)The prytany on duty prepared the agenda for the daily meetings of the Council

Question 7

The office of _______ was the only elective Athenian office.

A)prytaneis
B)epistatēs
C)stratēgos
D)basileus

Question 8

In which battle did the Athenians defeat an overwhelming force of Persians, thereby proving the superiority of trained Greek hoplites over light-armed and inexperienced Persian infantrymen?

A)The Battle of Marathon
B)The Battle of Thermopylae
C)The Battle of Salamis
D)The Battle of Crete

Question 9

When the Athenians sent to the oracle of Delphi for advice against the invading Persians, what mysterious response did they receive?

A)"Trust to your wooden walls"
B)"Obey the silver donkey"
C)"You must lose your city or one of your kings"
D)"Time is a flat circle"

Question 10

In the Battle of ______ Xerxes watched as the Greek fleet won a spectacular victory in a narrow strait off the Greek mainland.

A)Marathon
B)Plataea
C)Thermopylae
D)Salamis

Question 11

Which of the following is not true of Pericles?

A)by his political rivals despite his success and popularity
B)He engineered the passage of the Athenian Citizenship Law
C)His policies privileged short-term gains over long-term strategies for survival
D)His mistress Aspasia regularly appeared in public and wielded political influence

Question 12

The Peloponnesian War between Athens and her allies and Sparta and her allies lasted from _______.

A)455-421 BCE
B)440-416 BCE
C)431-404 BCE
D)421-407 BCE

Question 13

Shortly after the opening of the Peloponnesian War, Athens was struck by _______.

A)the plague
B)a series of political assassinations
C)disastrous flooding, which forced Athenians out from behind their city walls
D)a series of dire omens that led them to briefly seek peace with Sparta

Question 14

In 411 BCE the democracy of Athens was overthrown and replaced by an oligarchy known as the _______.

A)Usurpers
B)Four Hundred
C)Deceleans
D)Hellespont

Question 15

Socrates of Athens left no writings of his own, and so his teachings have come down to us through which philosopher?

A)Plato
B)Aristotle
C)Theophrastus
D)Gorgias

Question 16

Which Athenian general, exiled after losing a battle, wrote a history of the Peloponnesian War that emphasizes the struggle for power and excludes the gods?

A)Herodotus
B)Thucydides
C)Cratinus
D)Alcibiades

Question 17

The war depicted on this map had its origin in what event?

A)The Battle of Thermopylae
B)The reforms of Solon
C)The Ionian Revolt
D)The creation of the Peloponnesian League

Question 18

Which of the following statements are true of the building seen here?

A)It is in the Doric style
B)It is located on the Acropolis of Athens
C)It is dedicated to Athena Parthenos
D)It was destroyed by the Spartans at the end of the Peloponnesian War