Classics Quiz Bank

Quiz 1 - Andy Why was Socrates imprisoned before his execution? ● A. He was unable to pay the fine associated with his crimes. ● B. It was regular procedure in Athens to imprison criminals. ● C. There was a delay because of a religious holiday. ● D. He asked for imprisonment as his punishment. ● E. The executioner had to be summoned from elsewhere. Whose lives are we most likely to learn about in our study of crime and punishment in antiquity? ● A. children ● B. non-elite citizens ● C. enslaved people ● D. elite status women ● E. elite status men As discussed in lecture, Michel Foucault draws an analogy between modern misinterpretations of ___________ and prisons. ● A. literature ● B. democracy ● C. sexuality ● D. capitalism ● E. religion Which of the statements below about crime and punishment in ancient Greece is accurate, based on what you have learned so far? ● A. The police service in the city was recruited from soldiers serving in the army. ● B. Elite men were not involved in any criminal activity. ● C. There was no official police force to catch criminals. ● D. Families were prohibited from seeking vengeance for wrongs done to them. ● E. The citizens relied only on the gods to punish crimes. Whose death marks the end of the Classical Period? ● A. Demosthenes ● B. Solon ● C. Alexander ● D. Pericles ● E. Socrates Who of the following did not live in the 1st century BCE?

● A. Cleopatra ● B. Caesar ● C. Cicero ● D. Cleisthenes ● E. Cato What is the correct name for the Bronze Age culture on Crete? ● A. Hellenic ● B. Minoan ● C. Knossian ● D. Cretan ● E. Mycenaean In what period did Minoan civilization reach its peak? ● A. Golden Age ● B. Classical Period ● C. Dark Age ● D. Hellenistic Period ● E. Bronze Age In the dating systems discussed in class, what does CE stand for? ● A. The Christ Era ● B. The Corporate Empire ● C. The Christian Enlightenment ● D. The Common Engagement ● E. The Common Era Who of the following was not an Athenian citizen? ● A. Solon ● B. Zaleucus ● C. Socrates ● D. Aeschylus ● E. All of these were Athenian citizens The ancient site of _________ was continuously inhabited from about 20,000 BCE to about 3,000 BCE. ● A. Mycenae ● B. The Franchthi Cave ● C. Knossos ● D. Troy

● E. Rome What is the traditional date for the founding of the Roman Republic? ● A. 509 BCE ● B. 323 BCE ● C. 594 BCE ● D. 272 BCE ● E. 753 BCE Which of the following was NOT a legal procedure for initiating a public case in Classical Athens? ● A. Ephegesis ● B. Apographe ● C. Apagoge ● D. Eisangelia ● E. Diamartyria Who was the kyrios in Athenian culture? ● A. The leader of the hoplite phalanx ● B. The head of a household ● C. The chief magistrate ● D. A speechwriter ● E. An independent arbitrator What is the name for the legal procedure in which a challenge was made as to the facts of the case, via a witness statement? ● A. Diamartyria ● B. Endeixis ● C. Graphe paranomon ● D. Dikai Demosiai ● E. Paragraphe Who presided over cases involving non-citizens in Classical Athens? ● A. The Basileus ● B. The Eleven ● C. The Eponymous Archon ● D. The Polemarchos ● E. The Thesmothetai

After 403 BCE, what conditions needed to be met for a law to be valid in Classical Athens? ● A. It was just and equitable ● B. It was inscribed on stone ● C. The Ekklesia had approved it ● D. An official copy was posted publicly in the Peiraeus ● E. All of these Which of the following were NOT archons at Athens? ● A. The Polemarchus ● B. The Thesmothetai ● C. The Eponymous Archon ● D. The Basileus ● E. The Nomothetai Who or what were the Eisagogeis ? ● A. Judges of murder trials ● B. Teachers of rhetoric ● C. Months in which merchant legal cases could be heard ● D. Prison guards ● E. Magistrates who heard cases involving loans and banking During the Classical period, what was the final stage for a proposal to become law? ● A. The proposal is approved by the Ekklesia . ● B. The proposal is approved by the Eleven. ● C. A citizen proposes a law to the Boule . ● D. The proposal is reviewed and approved by the Boule . ● E. A magistrate proposes a law to the Boule . Quiz 2 - Andy Who speaks the following lines? Attendant women, who order our house, since you are with me in this supplication and escort me here, be also my advisors in this rite. What shall I say, as I pour out these outpourings of sorrow? How say the good word, how make my prayer to my father? Shall I say I bring it to the man beloved, from a loving wife, and mean my mother? I have not the daring to say this, nor know what else to say, as I pour this liquid on my father’s tomb.

● A. Cassandra ● B. Electra ● C. Orestes ● D. Clytemestra ● E. Agamemnon Which of the following was not a play in the Oresteia ? ● A. The Libation Bearers ● B. The Agamemnon ● C. The Eumenides ● D. The Electra ● E. All of these were in the Oresteia Which of the plays of the Oresteia consists largely of a jury trial in Athens? ● A. The Agamemnon ● B. The Libation Bearers ● C. The Eumenides ● D. All of these ● E. None of these Which work do the following lines come from? Ho there, ho! I cry the news aloud to Agamemnon’s queen, that she may rise up from her bed of state with speed to raise the rumor of gladness welcoming this beacon, and singing rise, if truly the citadel of Ilium has fallen, as the shining of this flare proclaims. ● A. The Agamemnon ● B. The Libation Bearers ● C. The Eumenides ● D. The Iliad ● E. None of these In the Oresteia , who is Pylades? ● A. Apollo ● B. One of the Furies ● C. Orestes' dead sister ● D. Orestes' friend ● E. None of these Who wrote the Oresteia ?