Question 1

What finally led to Athenian defeat and the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War?

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A)   Frustrated by more than two decades of nearly constant warfare and a devastating outbreak of the plague, the Athenian population revolted and installed a government that sued for peace.
B)   The Spartans forged an alliance with a small number of the wealthiest Athenians, who embraced Spartan rule in order to realize their goal of destroying Athenian democracy.
C)   The Spartans finally succeeded in conquering the overland routes to Athens and starving the city into submission.
D)   The Spartans enlisted the help of the Persians to build a navy that could force the Athenians to surrender.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

What was one of Pericles' most important democratic innovations?

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A)   Allowing the children of long-term residents of Athens, who had contributed to the city-state's prosperity, to become citizens
B)   Establishing a system whereby the five hundred ruling members of the council were chosen at random by lot and rotated annually
C)   Establishing a free public education system open to the adolescent sons of all Athenian citizens
D)   Providing a modest salary to any officeholder selected by lottery, thus enabling even poor men to serve as public officialsE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Why did Athens attract more Sophists than other similarly sized Greek city-states?

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A)   The demand was greater in Athens, since aspiring politicians needed the training in rhetoric that the Sophists offered to advance in Athens's democracy.
B)   Other city-states, most notably Sparta and Corinth, banned Sophists from their territories, since the Sophists' teaching did not fit into the military education that those states emphasized.
C)   The demand was greater in Athens, since the Athenian state preferred to hire Sophists to teach teenage boys rather than expanding its public school system to include boys in that age group.
D)   The demand was greater in Athens, since Athenian women were denied a public education and had to rely on the services of tutors instead.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Explain what radical democracy was in Athens. Who established that system? Provide an outline of the structure of Athens's radical democracy and describe the two primary goals of that system.

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Question 5

Historians refer to the period from around 500 to around 400 B.C.E. as the Golden Age of Greece because during this period

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A)   the Greeks succeeded in conquering much of the ancient world.
B)   Greek city-states put aside their historic rivalries and jointly produced a tremendous outpouring of architecture, drama, and sculpture.
C)   the Greeks discovered and exploited vast reserves of precious metals in the Eastern Mediterranean.
D)   the Greeks put forward innovations in architecture, sculpture, drama, and philosophy.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Public religious tradition was observed in public sacrifices and festivals. How was personal, private religious devotion demonstrated?

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Question 7

Aristophanes, an Athenian playwright whose comedies made harsh references to prominent leaders,

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A)   also wrote a tragedy about a woman who defied the city-state to fulfill a family moral obligation.
B)   ridiculed prominent Athenian women with both profanity and sexual innuendo.
C)   won a lawsuit filed against him by a major Athenian political figure who disliked the way he was portrayed in one of Aristophanes' comedies.
D)   ended his plays with appeals to the audience to honor the gods and observe tradition.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Discuss the basic structures and roles that Greek theater played in civic life. What functions did tragedies and comedies play, and what messages did playwrights seek to impart?

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Question 9

How did the Persian Empire attack the Greek states that had allied against Persia during the Persian Wars of 499 through 479 B.C.E.?
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A)   By sailing directly west into Athens to attack the coastal city-states.
B)   By meeting Greek naval ships in the middle of the Aegean Sea.
C)   By traveling north and west over land, then south through Macedonia and Thessaly into the Greek states.
D)   By sailing south around Crete, then up into Peloponnese to attack.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Who wrote The Histories, which depicted the Persian Wars as a clash between East and West?

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A)   Hippocrates of Cos
B)   Thucydides of Athens
C)   Herodotus of Halicarnassus
D)   Themistocles of AthensE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Which Athenian dramatist satirized the Sophists for making "the weaker argument the stronger"?

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A)   Euripides
B)   Aeschylus
C)   Sophocles
D)   AristophanesE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

Explain how Socrates differed from the Sophists.

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Question 13

Why was Pericles' decision to pay people who served in public offices so important?

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Question 14

How did the fifth-century Sophist Protagoras offend many Athenians?

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A)   He insisted that absolute truth did not exist because every issue had two irreconcilable sides.
B)   He promised powerful political positions to those whom he trained in rhetoric.
C)   He recognized only certain gods as powerful and responsive to human needs.
D)   He disputed the moral issues raised in many Athenian tragedies for philosophical reasons.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

After the Persian Wars, a formal defensive alliance that included city-states in northern Greece, on the Aegean islands, and along the Ionian coast

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A)   spanned the Greek mainland as well, discouraging foreign powers from challenging Greek power and influence.
B)   made all the city-states of the alliance wealthier than they had ever been before.
C)   became the basis for the Athenian Empire, because Athens required the other member city-states to fund warships built and manned by Athenians.
D)   adopted Athenian radical democracy, offering alliance members the benefit of Athenian law in addition to mutual protection.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

How did Pericles make citizenship more exclusive?

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A)   By requiring that all male citizens marry
B)   By granting citizenship only to the children of Athenian fathers
C)   By granting citizenship only to those children whose mother and father were both Athenian by birth
D)   By limiting citizenship for women to married women and mothersE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Greek tragedies played a significant role in Greek society by

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A)   hiring unemployed men as actors in the chorus, which made the tragedies popular with the poor.
B)   reinforcing democracy and communal values.
C)   illustrating conflicts and moral dilemmas that pertained to the society of citizens in a city-state.
D)   presenting audience members with an idealized view of their society as a model to follow.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D) C

Question 18

When the Thirty Tyrants were overthrown in 403 B.C.E., the Athenians restored their democracy and

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A)   agreed to disband their navy to reduce the possibility of another war with Sparta.
B)   banished the tyrants and their chief supporters for life.
C)   proclaimed an amnesty to prevent further civil disorder.
D)   ostracized the tyrants and seized their property for reparations.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Macedonia, Thebes, and the Persian Empire were all allied with
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A)   Thrace.
B)   Athens.
C)   Sparta.
D)   Italy.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B) C

Question 20

What did initiates into Greek mystery cults generally hope to obtain?

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A)   Entrance into heaven upon their death
B)   Secret knowledge and divine protection
C)   Improved social status and political advancement
D)   Direct personal contact with Greek gods and goddessesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C) B

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

What finally led to Athenian defeat and the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War?

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What was one of Pericles' most important democratic innovations?

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Why did Athens attract more Sophists than other similarly sized Greek city-states?

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Explain what radical democracy was in Athens. Who established that system? Provide an outline of the structure of Athens's radical democracy and describe the two primary goals of that system.

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Historians refer to the period from around 500 to around 400 B.C.E. as the Golden Age of Greece because during this period

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Public religious tradition was observed in public sacrifices and festivals. How was personal, private religious devotion demonstrated?

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Aristophanes, an Athenian playwright whose comedies made harsh references to prominent leaders,

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Discuss the basic structures and roles that Greek theater played in civic life. What functions did tragedies and comedies play, and what messages did playwrights seek to impart?

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How did the Persian Empire attack the Greek states that had allied against Persia during the Persian Wars of 499 through 479 B.C.E.? ​ ​

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Who wrote The Histories, which depicted the Persian Wars as a clash between East and West?

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Which Athenian dramatist satirized the Sophists for making "the weaker argument the stronger"?

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Explain how Socrates differed from the Sophists.

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Why was Pericles' decision to pay people who served in public offices so important?

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How did the fifth-century Sophist Protagoras offend many Athenians?

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After the Persian Wars, a formal defensive alliance that included city-states in northern Greece, on the Aegean islands, and along the Ionian coast

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How did Pericles make citizenship more exclusive?

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