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Aesop, Homer, Thales, Sparta, Athens, Greek Gods, Esther

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which city-state had a government which included two kings?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
2.
Which city-state was famous for its art, architecture and culture?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
3.
Which city-state provided more rights for women?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
4.
Which city-state relied on a group called the helots to work on the land?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
5.
Which city-state sent their boys to the agōgē at the age of seven?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
6.
Which city-state required that their citizens serve in the military?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
7.
Which city-state required that its soldiers serve until they were 60?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
8.
Which city-state used democracy as their main form of government?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
9.
Which city-state had a contest and whipped their boys to see who was the toughest?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
10.
Which city-state is known for having the best navy?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Neither
11.
Which city-state made sure the education of girls included physical training so they could produce strong,healthy babies?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
12.
Who were considered citizens in the democracy of ancient Athens
a)
all men & women
b)
all men born in Athens
c)
all men
d)
all men & women born in Athens.
13.
The type of government the Spartans practiced was
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Tyranny
14.
Spartan boys began training for  the army at age
a)
 7  
b)
21
c)
18
d)
13
15.
How many years in the military did Athens men have to serve?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
1
16.

Where did Aesop live?

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

17.

Aesop is the name of a real slave who lived near Ancient Greece.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

We don't know

18.

Aesop's Fables have been around for

a)

10 years

b)

100s years

c)

1000s of years

19.

At the end of each of Aesop's Fables there is a __________, which is the lesson the story teaches.

a)

happy ending

b)

moral

c)

picture

20.

Normally fables have _______ as characters?

a)

children

b)

teachers

c)

animals

21.

Which describes the length of a fable?

a)

Fables are chapter books

b)

Fables are short stories

c)

Fables have 1-2 sentences only

22.

Some people believe that Aesop was a slave who was also a talented ______________.

a)

storyteller

b)

weaver

c)

baker

23.
Who is the main character in the Odyssey?
a)
The Rock
b)
Odyssues
c)
Peter Pan
d)
Markus the Great
24.

What is Homer famous for being?

a)

Philosopher

b)

Warrior

c)

Leader

d)

Poet

25.

What are Homer's famous stories?

a)

Iliad & Odyssey

b)

Iliad & Trojan War

c)

Odyssey & Psyche

d)

Eros & Psyche

26.

What does an "oral" story mean?

a)

A written story

b)

An e-mailed story

c)

A spoken story

d)

An illustrated story

27.

We know that Homer was a real person.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Where does most of the Iliad take place?

a)

Troy

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Crete

29.

How long did it take Odysseus to get home after the Trojan War ended?

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

20 years

d)

30 years

30.

Where was Thales born?

a)

Miletus

b)

Ithaca

c)

Babylon

d)

Alexandria

31.

(Select all that apply.)

Thales was...

a)

the first Greek philosopher.

b)

the first person to sweat on his math homework

c)

the first person to correctly identify the "originating substance of matter."

d)

the first astronomer.

32.

What did Thales predict? Select all that apply.

a)

A solar eclipse

b)

A volcanic eruption

c)

SpongeBob's square pants

d)

A bad year for pyramid tourism

33.

Who plotted against the Jews to exterminate them in the book of Esther?

a)

Haman

b)

Mordecai

c)

Artaxerxes

d)

Hezekiah

34.

Who raised Esther when her parents died?

a)

Mordecai

b)

Haman

c)

Joshua

d)

Memucan

35.
Why was Queen Vashti removed from her role as queen?
a)
She refused to come before the king when summoned
b)
She refused to feed him 
c)
She was no longer attractive to the king
d)
She got too old for the job
36.

Mordecai was Esther's

a)

father

b)

brother

c)

uncle

d)

cousin

37.

What was God's ultimate plan in Esther's life?

a)

To save his people

b)

To make her queen and give her all comforts in life

c)

to make her mighty

38.
Who plotted against the Jews to exterminate them in the book of Esther?
a)
Haman
b)
Mordecai
c)
Artaxerxes
d)
Hezekiah
39.
Who was the king that Esther served as King?
a)
Xerxes
b)
Artaxerxes
c)
Cyrus
d)
Darius
40.
What manner of death did Haman have planned for the Jews?
a)
Hanging
b)
Beheading
c)
Death by the Sword
d)
Gas Chambers
41.
The first queen's name was
a)
Haman
b)
Esther
c)
Mary
d)
Vashti
42.
Mordecai worked
a)
as a baker
b)
as a Jewish priest
c)
as a merchant
d)
as a guard at the gate of the king
43.

Known as the god of war

a)

Ares

b)

Hermes

c)

Poseidon

d)

Hades

44.

This goddess of military tactics is said to have sprung from Zeus after he had a headache.

a)

Hestia

b)

Athena

c)

Hera

d)

Artemis

45.

Goddess of Marriage and married to Zeus.

a)

Artemis

b)

Hera

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Hestia

46.

God of Horses

a)

Zeus

b)

Hades

c)

Hermes

d)

Poseidon

47.

This gods symbols include a lightning bolt

a)

Poseidon

b)

Artemis

c)

Zeus

d)

Apollo

48.

God of the Sun and Poetry

a)

Zeus

b)

Dionysus

c)

Hermes

d)

Apollo

49.
Who is the king of the Greek Gods?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Zeus
c)
Poseidon
d)
Hades
50.
This goddess is the wife of Zeus and represents women and marriage.
a)
Diana
b)
Athena
c)
Hera
d)
Aphrodite
51.
She is the Greek goddess of wisdom and battle strategy and her temple is the Parthenon.
a)
Hera
b)
Artemis
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Athena
52.
He is the Greek god that uses a chariot to bring the sun into the shy every day.
a)
Apollo
b)
Zeus
c)
Artemis
d)
Jupiter
53.
He is Zeus' brother, the ruler of the underworld, and god of the dead.
a)
Hermes
b)
Poseidon
c)
Apollo
d)
Hades
54.

He is a brother of Zeus and the god of the seas.

a)

Poseidon

b)

Squidward

c)

Hades

d)

Apollo

55.
She is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
a)
Athena
b)
Minerva
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Hera
56.
She is the twin sister of Apollo and the goddess of hunting.
a)
Athena
b)
Artemis
c)
Hera
d)
Shera
57.

What famous Greek may have been blind?

a)

Homer

b)

Thales

c)

Aesop

d)

Xerxies

58.

Which ancient legend is believed to have been either a slave or an advisor to the king?

a)

Aesop

b)

Homer

c)

Thales

d)

Zeus

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