Ancient Greece Quiz 9

Which of the following observations about the Athenian democracy in the fourth century BCE is FALSE? -Boasting of your services to the state was a good strategy if you needed to defend yourself in court. -All free adult males could participate in government regardless of their social or economic status, and all free men could vote as long as at least one parent was a citizen. -Wealth and illustrious ancestry were distinct advantages in seeking public office or in pleading your case in court. -Women and slaves were excluded from participation in government and it was difficult for resident aliens or their children to become citizens.

All free adult males could participate in government regardless of their social or economic status, and all free men could vote as long as at least one parent was a citizen.

In the fourth century BCE: -the devastation of the lands during the Peloponnesian War had led to a movement of people from the countryside into the cities. -class distinctions were deepened by the increasing poverty of those at the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum, exacerbating latent tensions. -All of these answers are correct. -increased population in the cities heightened the awareness of economic inequality and sharpened class bitterness

All of these answers are correct.

Which of the following values WERE praised in fourth-century Athens? -People have the right to call officials to account on the slightest pretext. -All of these answers are correct. -Slavery, patriarchy, and the control of women's sexuality were essential to the smooth functioning of the community. -The stability of the state was so crucial that exiling a man for ten years was reasonable even if he'd done nothing wrong.

All of these answers are correct.

Plato's star pupil was:

Aristotle

Which of the following statements about Aristotle's views is FALSE? -Where Plato developed a framework for discussing politics so theoretical that determining what real states he meant is very difficult, Aristotle approached the question of the human community by amassing a tremendous amount of data. -Where Plato had used reason as virtually his only tool in the quest for understanding, Aristotle placed tremendous importance on observation. -Aristotle's principal work of political theory is his Politics. -Aristotle, like his teacher, had very little interest in studying the world of nature.

Aristotle, like his teacher, had very little interest in studying the world of nature.

After the Corinthian War:

Athens eventually lost its advantage when Persia switched sides and backed Sparta against them.

In what occupation did slaves and metics find a new source of wealth in the fourth century BCE?

Banking

Which of the following statements about the Greek view of war in the fourth century BCE is FALSE? -An increasing share of the fighting was conducted by mercenaries. -The ideal of the citizen-soldier was wearing thin. -Because warfare remained a fact of life, few people questioned its efficacy in improving their situations. -Some poorer citizens continued to welcome war because it offered pay to the rowers in the fleet, but those who had land or commerce to protect were hesitant to fight.

Because warfare remained a fact of life, few people questioned its efficacy in improving their situations.

Which of the following was NOT an action Lysander undertook following Sparta's victory in the Peloponnesian War? -Exercising generosity and leniency -Setting up a decarchy (board of ten officials) to guarantee governmental loyalty to Sparta in the cities that had been loyal to Athens prior to the end of the war -Setting up a council of thirty men sympathetic to Sparta and willing to sacrifice democratic principles to maintain it -Forcing the Athenian navy to give up all but a dozen ships

Exercising generosity and leniency

Which of the following is NOT true of Socrates? -He performed conventional civic services in Athens, including fighting as a hoplite in the Peloponnesian War and serving as chair of the assembly the day of the Arginusae trial in 406 BCE. -He became poor because he refused to charge his students fees, and his goal was to inculcate moral excellence. -He left an extensive written library of his philosophical teachings. -He believed that the best way to develop ideas was the give and take of conversation, and that the best way to teach was to ask a series of questions leading his students in a particular direction.

He left an extensive written library of his philosophical teachings.

Neodamodeis were:

Helot fighters rewarded with freedom

In which of the following ways was Plato NOT a revolutionary? -The state is a reflection of the individual citizen's soul, containing three classes (guardians, auxiliaries, majority) just as the soul is divided into three parts (reason, spirited temperament, desire). -It is important to practice justice whether or not you are observed doing it. -If you are rich and handsome, you are probably also good, while if you are poor and ugly you are probably bad. -There are more important values than being well-liked or envied.

If you are rich and handsome, you are probably also good, while if you are poor and ugly you are probably bad.

Which of the following fourth-century BCE poleis remained stable and only rarely endured civil strife?

Megara

Which of the following observations about the handling of murder cases in Athens is FALSE? -Up until the fourth century, the victim's male next of kin was expected to avenge the victim's death, leading to the possibility of an unending series of retaliations. -Murder was an offense against the gods, and therefore the only penalties suffered were religious sanctions. -The Athenians claimed to have founded the first law court in the world. -The court of the Areopagus was one of five venues that tried murder cases, each venue specific to a particular type of murder (such as self-defense or unpremeditated killings).

Murder was an offense against the gods, and therefore the only penalties suffered were religious sanctions.

Which of the following intellectual thinkers was supportive of democracy? -Plato -Thucydides -None of these. -the Old Oligarch

None of these.

Which of the following observations about Athenian law and order is TRUE? -Self-imposed exile was a viable alternative to execution, but not showing up for one's court date in the first place was punishable only by death. -The most common punishment was to be jailed for a length of time determined entirely by the defendant's ability to plead for mercy. -The most common punishment was execution, but some defendants were jailed for life instead. -Self-imposed exile was a viable alternative to execution, and it was perfectly acceptable to just not show up for one's court date in the first place.

Self-imposed exile was a viable alternative to execution, and it was perfectly acceptable to just not show up for one's court date in the first place.

Which of the following was NOT an economic consequence of the Peloponnesian War? -The various classes of Sparta began to redefine themselves as the ranks of commanders and soldiers were swelled by fighters whose parents—either one or both of them—were helots. -Sparta's population losses were as severe as the population losses everywhere else in Greece. -The number of adult male citizens in Athens was probably half what it had been at the start of the war; some cities, like Melos, were nearly annihilated. -New patterns of labor within the oikos developed, as free women were more likely to work at home producing goods both for in-house consumption and for sale.

Sparta's population losses were as severe as the population losses everywhere else in Greece.

What vital lesson did Sparta learn from the Peloponnesian War?

The centrality of naval power

Which of the following observations about the dicasteries is FALSE? -Odd numbers of dicasts were used to prevent a tie from occurring. -The dicasts were chosen each year by lot from those who volunteered, but they were not paid. -Large juries, elaborate selection of juries by lot, and choosing dicasts at the last possible moment were all intended to prevent bribery. -The number of dicasts allocated to a particular case varied from 201 to 501, and larger numbers usually were used for higher-profile cases.

The dicasts were chosen each year by lot from those who volunteered, but they were not paid

What happened after Sparta seized control over Thebes?

Theban democrats accepted help from Athens and staged a coup that killed the oligarchs and expelled the Spartan garrison only a few years after Sparta gained control.

The Sacred Band, an elite warrior force composed of 150 pairs of male lovers, was the pride of:

Thebes

Which polis effectively ended the international power of Sparta?

Thebes

The klērōtērion was used in Athenian courts to: -detect bribery of judges. -execute convicted criminals. -keep time while lawyers spoke. -allot jurors randomly to juries.

WRONG ANSWER: -detect bribery of judges.

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Corinthian War? -It ended when Sparta lost the battle of Cnidus in 394 BCE. -It resulted in Athens rebuilding its Long Walls. -It resulted in the death of Lysander. -It was a conflict among Greek states only, and Persia had no role in it at all.

WRONG ANSWER: It resulted in the death of Lysander.

Which of the following was NOT a reason Socrates faced charges and was condemned to death? -Hanging around public places challenging men's assumptions about what they knew—or thought they knew -Not believing in the gods of the state, teaching new gods, and corrupting the young -Being the teacher of two men who had harmed Athens terribly -Writing a treatise challenging the resurgent Athenian democracy

Writing a treatise challenging the resurgent Athenian democracy

How did someone end up on trial for crime in Athens?

a fellow citizen charged them with the crime and hauled them to court

To become a dicast, one had to be:

a male citizen over thirty

How did the Athenian state try to encourage attendance at the Assembly?

a small salary was instituted for attendance

The klepsydra was:

a water clock

Plato is famous for defending a theory that we are surrounded by debased copies of ideal:

forms

How long did the Second Athenian League last?

little more than a generation

The Greek economy:

rebounded within less than ten years of the end of the Peloponnesian War.

Peltasts derived their names from a type of:

shield

In which areas of intellectual exploration was philosophy most closely tied to the polis?

social and political theory

To Aristotle we owe the articulation of the fundamental principle of the:

syllogism

For all their differences, Plato and Aristotle shared a passionate conviction that:

the goal of philosophy was to enable selected people to pursue enlightenment in a republic of virtuous citizens.

After the rise of the Second Athenian League:

the history of Greece became a dizzying sequence of shifting alliances and conflicts that threw the Aegean region into an arena of squabbling states.

The dicasteries were all of the following EXCEPT: -the arbiters of law -used to adjudicate private lawsuits and criminal cases with no political ramifications -the arbiters of policy -the member bodies of a supreme court

the member bodies of a supreme court

Socrates was troubled by:

the notion of amateur government in which anyone's opinion counted as much as another man's and in which an assembly could be swayed by rhetorical displays.

Following a guilty verdict in the dicasteries:

the prosecutor and the defendant proposed alternate penalties and the jury decided between the two.

In fourth-century BCE Athens, a politician:

was someone who enjoyed making proposals in the assembly and giving speeches in their support, whether or not they actually held office.

The principal texts of Greek political theory were the work of intellectuals who:

were intensely critical of democratic government.

The Scythian archers used in Athens as "police":

were primarily used for crowd control rather than law and order.