Hammurabi's Code Practice Test

According to Hammurabi's code, a man must have his eye knocked out if he ___________

• knocks out the eye of a slave

• knocks out the eye of a free man

• knocks out the eye of a free man's daughter

• knocks out the eye of a free man's slave girl

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Whose punishment is to have his hands cut off?

• a surgeon who kills a patient

• a man who hits a slave-girl

• a man who hits a free girl

• a surgeon who saves a patient

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

Who is more valuable?

• a free man's daughter

• a free man's slave girl

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which offense does not require the payment of money?

• hitting a free man's daughter

• hitting a free man's slave-girl

• knocking out the eye of a slave

• knocking out the eye of a free man

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Hammurabi's code was written on a _____________

• clay tablet

• book

• stele

• wall

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Who is Shamash?

• the god of justice who gave Hammurabi the code

• Hammurabi's priest advisor

• an enemy king defeated by Hammurabi

• Hammurabi's son

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Put the parts of Hammurabi's code in correct order:

• Prologue listing the names of the gods

• 282 laws

• Epilogue stating how the laws are to be carried out

• A carving of Hammurabi and Shamash

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Hammurabi was a ___________

• god

• fictional character

• king

• peasant

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Who made Hammurabi king?

• the gods

• the people of Mesopotamia

• his father

• himself

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Hammurabi's code is a ________

• story

• religious text

• list of laws

• language

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4