Chapter 05 Multiple Choice Quiz

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. The Athenians claimed that Attica had been united by the mythical hero

Jason correct incorrect

Theseus correct incorrect

Orestes correct incorrect

Odysseus correct incorrect

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. The Athenian co-tyrant Hipparchus was assassinated by

Cylon and Solon correct incorrect

Draco and Pisistratus correct incorrect

Harmodius and Aristogiton correct incorrect

Cleisthenes and Pericles correct incorrect

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. The Athenians began developing a strong naval base after the destruction of which city-state?

Marathon correct incorrect

Carthage correct incorrect

Naxos correct incorrect

Miletus correct incorrect

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. How long did an ostracism last?

Five years correct incorrect

Ten years correct incorrect

Fifteen years correct incorrect

Twenty years correct incorrect

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. In 481 BC, Athens and the Peloponnesian League formed an alliance known as the

Hellenic League correct incorrect

Delian League correct incorrect

Corinthian League correct incorrect

Athenian League correct incorrect

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. One of the earliest governments of Athens was a Council that met on a hill called the

Pnyx correct incorrect

Erechtheum correct incorrect

Areopagus correct incorrect

Eleusis correct incorrect

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. The seisachtheia, shaking off of burdens, proposed by Solon did all of the following except

Make it illegal to secure a loan on one's person correct incorrect

Free those Athenians who had already fallen into slavery correct incorrect

Cancel the debts of the hektēmoroi correct incorrect

Ban slavery of any type in Athens correct incorrect

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. Aristagoras blundered in his attempt to persuade Cleomenes of Sparta to assist the Ionian Revolt when he

Admitted how far Ionia was from the heart of the Persian Empire correct incorrect

Didn't offer the Spartans enough money to entice their support correct incorrect

Insulted the king's daughter Gorgo correct incorrect

Claimed that a democracy like Athens had a better military correct incorrect

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. When a rich vein of silver was discovered at Laurium in Attica, Themistocles advised that

The profits be distributed equally to every Athenian male citizen correct incorrect

The silver not be mined, for fear of offending the god Hephaestus correct incorrect

The profits be invested in building ships, in case the Persians returned correct incorrect

Slavery be reintroduced in Athens, in order to facilitate mining operations correct incorrect

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. To "medize" meant to

Dress like the Persians correct incorrect

Surrender to the Persians correct incorrect

Practice medicine like the Persians correct incorrect

Worship Ahura Mazda like the Persians correct incorrect