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110 – Summer 2015 Second Mid-Term – 5 August

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Score: ______Below are fifty questions, either multiple choice or short answer. For the multiple choice questions, choose the answer that you feel is correct, or most correct, and indicate your selection by circling the corresponding letter. For the short answer questions write your answer on the line below. Please initial the top right-hand corner of every page.

1. In Greek history, the period from ca 1100 to 776 BC is referred to as…? A. The Age of Reason B. The Dark Ages C. The Archaic Period D. the Classical Period

2. The period from 479 to 323 BC is referred to as…? A. The Age of Reason B. The Dark Ages C. The Archaic Period D. the Classical Period

3. The Greek word refers to…? A. The Greek people B. A City State C. D. Philosophy

4. According to your reading from , what contributed to the early weakness of the Greeks? A. A lack of common action B. A lack of food C. A lack of land D. The Persians

5. ‘’ and ‘Greeks’ are words that come to English through Latin. What do the Greeks call themselves? A. Hellenes B. Mycenaeans C. D. Heraclidae

6. According to , the people living in Greece before the arrival of the Hellenes were the… A. Aborigines B. Minoans C. D. Persians

7. What is the Greek name for a hilltop fortification at the centre of a city? A. B. Citadel C. Academy D. Pomerium

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8. A Greek citizen soldier, armed with the large round shield, helmet, breastplate, thrusting spear and sword is called… A. Militia B. C. Spearman D. Infantry

9. A large group of these soldiers, arranged in battle formation, is called a… A. Regiment B. Militia C. D. Troop

10. The Greek word demos refers to… A. Philosophy B. Warfare C. The people D. Athens

11. The consolidation of several small towns into one is called… A. Synoicism B. Demos C. Hegemony D. Isonomia

12. What is one of the factors that caused the Greek city states to send out colonies? A. Climatic change B. Overpopulation C. A and B D. The Perisans

13. What does the Greek word Metropolis mean? A. Mother City B. Citizen soldier C. War D. Colony

14. Which one of the Seven Sages was asked to reform the Athenian in 592? A. Pisistratus B. C. D. Dracon

15. What was the name of the assembly of the people? A. The Demotic B. The Ecclesia C. The D. The Boule

16. What is the Greek word for ‘equality under the law’? A. Isonomia B. Ecclesia C. Polis D. Hegemony

17. Who is said to have predicted, or explained, the solar eclipse of 28 May 585 BC? A. the Seven Sages B. Solon of Athens C. Thales of D. of

18. Which of the Seven Sages developed the Five Theorems of Elementary Geometry? A. Thales B. C. Anaximenes D.

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19. Which was the first of the Pre-Socratics to claim that the Earth was a ball floating in space? A. Thales B. Anaximander C. Anaximenes D. Pythagoras

20. Which of the Pre-Socratics came up with the Golden Ration of 1 to 1.618 A. Thales B. Anaximander C. Anaximenes D. Pythagoras

21. The fundamental element of the universe, according to the Pre-Socratics, is… A. Arche B. Aether C. Water D. Hydrogen

22. Who said, “Man is the measure of all things”? A. Pythagoras B. Anaximander C. Anaximenes D. Protagoras

23. The reforms of Solon included… A. A written law code B. Cancellation of debt C. The jury courts D. All of the above

24. What was the name of the Athenian who is remembered as the founder of ? A. Pisistratus B. C. Solon D. Dracon

25. According to , a citizen in a democracy is defined by… A. The right to vote B. Participation C. The ability to bear arms D. Where he lives

26. After the reforms of Solon, Athens fell under a . What was his name? A. Cleisthenes B. Pisistratus C. Pericles D. Herodotus

27. What other Greek city state was duped into helping the Athenians launch the democratic reforms? A. Thebes B. C. D. Argos

28. What did the Sophists teach? A. The dissoi logoi B. Mathematics C. Moral Philosophy D. Music

29. The only victory the Greeks won in the Ionian revolt was the sack of the outer city at Sardis, and the destruction of the temple of…? A. Athena B. Apollo C. D. Cyrus

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30. In 490 BC Darius sent an invasion force to punish Athens for her participation in the Ionian Revolt. That force was defeated at the Battle of… A. The Stadium B. Marathon C. D. Athens

31. Darius died in 486 BC and was succeeded by Xerxes. In what year was Xerxes finally able to invade Greece? A. 499 B. 490 C. 480 D. 460

32. What was the name of the Spartan king who died defending the pass at Thermopylae? A. Cleisthenes B. Leonidas C. Cleomenes D. Cyrus

33. Who came to dominate Athens by 450 BC, and is remembered for his Funeral Oration? A. Solon B. Herodotus C. Pericles D.

34. What was the name of the principle temple on the Athenian Acropolis? A. The Paladium B. The C. The Perikope D. The Pomerium

35. What was the name of the Goddess the temple was dedicated to? A. Athena B. Poseidon C. Zeus D. Apollo

36. The main temple on the Athenian acropolis was built in the… A. Corinthian Style B. Persian Style C. Ionian Style D. Doric Style

37. The much smaller temple of _____ overlooks the entrance to the Acropolis. A. Zeus B. Apollo C. Nike D. Aphrodite

38. The first of the great Greek playwrights was… A. B. Sophocles C. D. Lysimachus

39. Which one of them wrote Oedipus Rex? A. Aeschylus B. Sophocles C. Euripides D. Lysimachus

40. Who said, “we are the school of all Greece”? A. B. Pericles C. Herodotus D. 5

41. Socrates said… A. Man is the measure of all things B. Nothing in excess C. The unexamined life is not worth living D. We will need no …

42. When did Socrates die? A. 404 BC B. 399 C. 386 D. 323

43. What was the name of the school that Plato founded in 386 BC? A. The Academy B. The Orpheum C. The Lyceum D. The Gymnasium

44. Who was Plato’s most famous student? A. Herodotus B. Aristotle C. Pythagoras D. Pericles

45. Who was the ‘Father of History’? A. Thucydides B. Herodotus C. Aeschylus D.

46. The Greek word historia originally meant… A. A story about the past B. An enquiry C. A test D. Myth

47. Who wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War? A. Thucydides B. Herodotus C. Aeschylus D. Aristophanes

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