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WorksheetsAncient Greece
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 7mins
What was the name of the Greek commander at the failed Sicily Campaign between 415 and 413BCE
Alcibiades
Lysander
Nicias
Pericles
The Peloponnesian War was between which two states
Thrace and Athens
Athens and Sparta
Athens, Thrace and Sparta
Confusion and Sanity
Which of these is not one of the three types of play performed at the City Dionysia?
Satire
Comedy
Tragedy
Satyr
Sitcom
What comedy technique is being used when a character trips over a broom?
Scatalogical
Breaking the 4th Wall
Parody
Slapstick
Pun
Between 489 and 480 BC Athens expanded their fleet from 40 to 200 triremes. What made this possible?
The Persian army had been defeated in Iran
Athens had created a naval tax to raise funds to build the ships
Silver had been discovered at Laurion near Athens.
The sacking of all valuables at Troy
Pericles left money in his will to build the new ships.
This city was first to rebel against its Persian overlords in 499BCE.
Anatolia
Ephesus
Thrace
Plataea
Miletus
Which Greek Commander jumped overboard with his dog having learnt Athens intended to place him on trial?
Nicias
Pericles
Alcibiades
Xerxes
Darius III
What was the first set back of Darius' campaign against Athens?
A plague spread in Persepolis
A storm broke his fleet off Mt Athos
Athens and Sparta defeated him at Salamis
The Macedonians outflanked his army and destroyed his food supplies
How did Syracuse defeat the Athenian Navy in Sicily?
They ambushed them in a valley near the Grand Harbour
They used Greek Fire against the ships.
There was a fog and they attacked them whilst they were blind
They placed a chain across the harbour mouth and trapped them.
What name is given to the entrance on both sides of the stage?
The Skene
The Passagarium
The Parados
The fluvium exitus
Athenian Democracy allowed all men to vote. Who could not?
Women, Slaves and Medics
Foreigners, Women and Thracians
Slaves, Women and Metics
A scary turtle called Sampson
Cleisthenes is often regarded as the father of what?
Alcibiades
The Athenian Navy
Athenian Democracy
Communism
The Catholic Church
Which battle against Persia was fought solely by the Athenians, because Sparta had a religious festival?
Salamis
Plataea
El Alamein
Marathon
The Five Armies
What does Kratos mean?
The People
Craters
The rule
Strength
Which famous demagogue died of the plague of Athens in 429BC?
Alcibiades
Cleon
Theramenes
Pericles
Cleisthenes
The Battle of Thermopylae saw the death of the Spartan King. What was his name?
Leonidas
Lysander
Themosticles
Notesticles
Why would a character carry a burning torch on stage?
When there was a lack of light
Because of frequent eclipses
To symbolise nighttime
Because he was hunting bears in a cave
Select the statements that explain why actors wore masks.
To hide pimples
There were only 3 actors, so they could do multiple parts.
It ensured people in the back rows could see the action.
It allowed audiences to see the facial expressions of the actors better.
What battle formation is this, used by the Greeks against the Persians?
The Tortitudo Formation
The Phalanx Formation
The Greek Column Formation
Infantry Square Formation
Which feature of a Greek Theatre is no longer seen in some form in modern theatres
The Orchestra
The Theatron
The Parados
The Altar
The skene
Aristophanes is considered to be the father of what?
Attic Old Comedy
Introducing the third actor
Comic Masks
The Chorus
