Government And Culture In Athens
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 110
This quiz will cover the reading fluency Government and Culture in Athens. You need above a 70% to pass this fluency quiz.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Citizens in the Assembly could do what to express their opinion on issues concerning their city?
- A.
Vote
- B.
Draw Straws
- C.
Be a part of the Senate
- D.
Declare war on a neighboring city-state
- 2.Match this definition with the word that fits: A lawmaking body of a government
- A.
Senate
- B.
Assembly
- C.
House of Representatives
- D.
PTSO
- 3.Who was the leader of Athens around 450 BC?
- A.
Heracles
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Pericles
- D.
Pelias
- 4.A group of citizens who hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law are known as what?
- A.
Jury
- B.
Parents
- C.
Assembly
- D.
Helots
- 5.Pericles paid this group of people to be on the jury to get them to take part in the government
- A.
Farmers
- B.
Soldiers
- C.
Senate members
- D.
Actors
- 6.The search for wisdom and and the right way to live is also known as...
- A.
Philosophy
- B.
Citizen
- C.
Assembly
- D.
Learning
- 7.This teacher was sentenced to death because of his views on government and the social system
- A.
Plato
- B.
Socrates
- C.
Aristotle
- D.
Pericles
- 8.This student of Socrates wrote down all of his ideas
- A.
Plato
- B.
Aristotle
- C.
Socrates
- D.
Pericles
- 9.What form of theater did the Greeks create?
- A.
Drama
- B.
Adventure
- C.
Comedy
- D.
Pantamime
- 10.What is the main difference between a tragedy and a comedy?
- A.
People laugh during a comedy
- B.
Nothing
- C.
Tragedies are about real-life situations
- D.
The main character dies in a tragedy
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