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Question 1

Which Spartan feast was, according to Plutarch, a “sober celebration”?

Accepted Answer

Symposium

Question 2

Pausanias' so-called travel guide of the Peloponnese was written in the...

Accepted Answer

2nd century BC

Question 3

What was the role of religion in Spartan society? To...

Accepted Answer

promote social cohesion & unite sociopolitical institutions

Question 4

Lykurgus mandated laws about:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 5

Which was not a religious role or privilege of the two kings?

Accepted Answer

They held one priesthood

Question 6

Decisions of the ekklesia...

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could be overriddent by the ephors

Question 7

What was one method used by Spartan bachelor's to choose their wife?

Accepted Answer

Display of women doing gymnastics naked

Question 8

Which mountain range was West of Sparta?

Accepted Answer

Mount Taygetus

Question 9

Descriptions of the ecclesia should include:

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the apella, Spartiates, the gerousia and the ephors.

Question 10

Who, according to Plutarch, established the Spartan tradition of loaning wives?

Accepted Answer

Lycurgus

Question 11

What does a shrine located in Sparta, dedicated to the Dioscuri, reveal? The Dioscuri were...

Accepted Answer

mythical figures & they reveal the value of athleticism

Question 12

What was the Great Rhetra?

Accepted Answer

Synonymous with the Spartan constitution

Question 13

What was the Spartan equivalent of a platoon?

Accepted Answer

Enomotia

Question 14

Which sport are the Spartans credited with inventing?

Accepted Answer

Boxing

Question 15

Who was Artemis Orthia?

Accepted Answer

Spartan goddess of animals and vegetation and fertility

Question 16

Which historian is the best for referencing the issue of Lykurgus?

Accepted Answer

Plutarch

Question 17

Peroikoi occupations included:

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craftsmen, merchants and fishermen

Question 18

What was the purpose of the Karneia?

Accepted Answer

Atheleitic games with a military preparation focus., To provide omens for the city., A major festival for Apollo Karneios, god of the ram.

Question 19

Which group had the power to choose which king would lead the army?

Accepted Answer

Ekklesia

Question 20

The Hyakinthia was a festival...

Accepted Answer

where a chiton woven by Spartan women was offered to Apollo.

Question 21

The gymnaopaedia was...

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an athletic and musical competition, a competition for men and women

Question 22

How many people were in the Gerousia?

Accepted Answer

30

Question 23

Examples of Spartan architecture include these:

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Amyklaion, Menelaion and Sanctuary at Artemis Orthia

Question 24

The main features of the syssitia include:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 25

What was the name of the everyday garment worn by Spartan men?

Accepted Answer

Tribon

Question 26

Spartan women...

Accepted Answer

married later than in other Greek poleis, were forbidden by Lykurgus to wear make-up

Question 27

Which of the following was not a natural feature of ancient Sparta?

Accepted Answer

Taygetus range to the South

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