Classical Greece Test

Who is considered the father of history?

• Thucydides

• Plato

• Socrates

• Herodotus

The Peloponnesian War broke out between which powers?

• Athens and Sparta

• Athens and the Delian League

• Greece and Persia

• Greece and Troy

Which art form deals largely with ancient Greek gods and goddesses?

• fables

• histories

• myths

• philosophies

What did Philip II of Macedonia want to do?

• ally with Thebes

• colonize Egypt

• conquer Persia

• destroy Sparta

Why were ostracons made and cast?

• to banish citizens thought to be dangerous

• to elect citizens as representatives

• to select citizens for military service

• to vote on laws in the citizens’ assembly

How did ancient Greek courts resemble those of the United States?

• They included summaries of evidence.

• They protected against cruel and unusual punishment.

• They provided for a trial by jury.

• They secured citizens the right to an attorney.

What did the Greek author Aesop write?

• fables that teach moral lessons

• histories of Greek wars

• mythologies about Greek deities

• treatises on philosophy

What art form, performed in amphitheaters, formed a center of Greek cultural life?

• comedic and tragic plays

• readings of epic poetry

• lessons in rhetoric

• public political debates

Which of the following statements describes a cause of the Peloponnesian War?

• Sparta resented Athens’s misuse of money from the Delian League.

• Athens blamed Sparta for an outbreak of typhoid fever, a highly infectious disease.

• The Spartans grew progressively more frustrated as the Athenians stayed behind city walls.

• Athens was enraged with Sparta for executing its male citizens and enslaving its women and children.

What happened when Athens attacked Syracuse?

• Macedonia conquered all Greek city-states.

• Persia intervened to end the war.

• Sicily became a Greek colony.

• Sparta destroyed the Athenian fleet.