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There are no Spartan writers:
The Arkesalius Cup is evidence for:
MEGA SPARTA QUIZ!
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The Arkesalius Cup is evidence for:
Pottery industry
Painting as a skilled profession
Economic exchange
All answers are correct
2
There are no Spartan writers:
False
True
3
Xenophon was:
Excessively anti-Spartan in his works
A Persian General in the Battle of Thermopylae
Excessively pro-Spartan in his works
A legendary figure from Sparta
4
Who were given name plaques after death?
Those who died in battle
The Kings
The ephors
Those who died in battle and in childbirth
5
Sparta imported raw materials which would be utilised by periokoi within their industries:
False
True
6
Spartan women's most important roles in society were:
Religious involvement in festivals as priestesses and performers
Managing the kleros and household
All answers are correct
Marrying, making babies and reinforcing state values
7
Sparta had important access to the Port of.....
Gythia
Ginagaga
Gythinkiakos
Gytheum
8
The Hyakinthia was a festival for:
Celebrating Zeus' role as head of the Olympian Gods
Celebrating wine and dancing
Celebrating Spartan warfare
Celebrating birth and renewal / life and death
9
Which group wielded the most political power?
The Ekklesia
The Kings
The Gerousia
The Ephors
10
Kings were given special privileges such as:
A piglet from every litter for sacrifice
Best seats at Festivals, the first cuts of the sacrifice and the skins
Special funerary rites, a handpicked bodyguard & double rations in mess
All answers are correct
11
The agoge was:
The ephor inspection undertaken after birth
The education boys underwent from age 7
Infanticide
The education boys underwent from age 10
12
Spartan women had many freedoms that other Greek women did not have:
True
False
13
There was only one king:
False
True
14
As well as physical training, the agoge consisted of:
Music, singing, dancing
Banqueting and philosophising
A lot of development of reading and writing skills
No answers are correct
15
Thucydides tells us that the site of Sparta was:
Structurally on the same level as Athens
Pretty sparse and unmemorable - a "cluster of villages"
Thucydides did not ever make mention of this in his work
Very condensed and memorable
16
Two other important festivals celebrated annually included:
The Ram and the Goat
The Gymnasium and the Karnookia
The Gymnopaedia and the Karneia
The Festival of Lights and Diwali
17
The ephors were:
Elected annually and could not be re-elected
Elected on a basis of wealth
Elected based on their military prowess
able to hold their position for life
18
The main military tactic utilised effectively by the Spartans was the:
Cavalry offensive
Use of cannons
Cavaly defensive
Phalanx formation
19
Economic equality was achieved amongst the Spartiate class:
False
True
20
Sparta had access to resources such as:
Shellfish, fish and water fowl from their water sources
Honey, grapes, wild game, timber and mineral deposits from the mountains
Barley, wheat and domesticated animals from the kleroi
All answers are correct
21
Tyrtaeus wrote:
Martial poetry
Music for dancing
Legislation
Romantic poetry
22
Citizenship required:
All answers are correct
Kleros ownership
Membership of a syssitia
Spartan ancestry and completion of the agoge
23
Spartiates were supposed to be:
Homophones
Hoplons
Homoerectus'
Homoioi
24
Aristotle believed that Spartan women were:
Immodest and the reason for Sparta's downfall
Morally superior
Immodest and the reason for Sparta's success
Incredibly beautiful
25
A Spartiate is:
Somebody who had been stripped of their citizenship
A Spartan over the age of 30 with full citizenship
A male Spartan over the age of 30 with full citizenship
A Helot who had been emancipated
26
Helots were controlled via:
Public humiliation
Public humiliation and the Krypteia
Death
The Krypteia
27
Marriage in Sparta was:
All answers are correct
Mandatory
"Open," e.g. wife swapping
Unique in terms of the ceremony / rituals
28
The perioikoi were:
BFF's with the Spartans
The backbone of the agricultural economy
The backbone of ALL aspects of the economy (except agriculture)
Producers of purple dye
29
What are the main legends and myths of the Spartans?
Harry Potter and the quest for the philosopher's stone
Apollo & Hyakinthos and the birth of Athena
Lycurgus, Helen & Menelaus, the Dioscuri & Apollo and Hyakinthos
The Dioscuri and Lycurgus
30
The Gerousia was made up of:
28 men
15 men
30 men
5 men
31
Why was there a decline in luxury goods produced and traded during the 5th and 4th centuries BC?
Harry Potter
Sparta became more focused on military pursuits
The Italians occupied Greece during this time
The Spartans just declined in general
32
Spartan society valued:
Compassion, kindness and empathy
DEATH!
Individuality
Austerity, discipline, obedience and collective identity
33
The Spartans had time for leisure activities:
True
False
34
The Vix Crater, bronze weapons and armour & small lead figures such as that of a woman exercising, are examples of:
Metal working industry
Helot economic contributions
Pottery making techniques
The skill of the Spartans
35
Lycurgus supposedly banned coinage in exchange for:
Copper bars
Tin bars
Alfoil bars
Iron bars
36
The site of Sparta was located in the Peloponnesian region known as:
Messenia
Lakonia
Corinth
Achaea
37
The Giglio Shipwreck is important evidence for:
Spartan military prowess
Spartan technology & industry (pottery) and trade
Spartan metal working industry
Sparta's alliance with Spain
38
Alcman's poetry focused on:
War, nationalism, removing the fear of death
Nothing - he did not write poetry
Women, beauty, love and nature
Voldemort
39
Spartan males were clearly identified via:
their beards
their phoinikis and chiton
their sandals
their military uniform
40
What was a hoplite?
Lightly armed foot soldier
Heavily armed foot soldier
Naval officer
Cavalry
41
Lycurgus was:
A helot
Responsible for creating the Spartan Constitution
Responsible for the destruction of Spartan society
An Athenian politician
42
Spartan women were citizens of Sparta:
False
True
43
The products manufactured by the perioikoi are not just evidence for economic activity, but also:
Voldemort
Religion
Culture
Politics
44
How do burials found contradict some of the Lycurgan reforms?
There were no burials discovered
Grave goods were found with the remains
Broccoli
Grave good were not found within any burials
45
All social activities were geared towards:
Reinforcing superiority of the Spartiates
Reinforcing Spartan superiority over other Greeks
Reinforcing state values and shared community identity
Reinforcing that men were better than women
46
Plato tells us boys were taught not by education but by:
love
compassion
violence
elves
47
The Spartans built double story tombs:
True
False
48
Helots were the:
Enslaved group responsible for religious festivals
Enslaved group responsible for agriculture
Enslaved group responsible for the military
Enslaved group responsible for industry
49
The main Gods worshipped in Sparta were:
Artemis Orthia, Apollo & Poseidon
Hercules
Ares, Hephaestus & Aphrodite
Zeus & Hera
50
The Amyklaion, Menelaion, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia & Temple of Athena are examples of:
Politics
Architecture
Industry
Warfare
51
The site of Sparta was surrounded by:
Two mountain ranges
Three mountain ranges
One mountain range
No mountain ranges
52
The Great Rhetra is:
An ancient virus that almost wiped out the Greeks
The oral proclamation made by Lycurgus after visiting Delphi
The oral proclamation made by Leonidas after visiting Delphi
The written constitution of the Spartans
53
The concept underpinning the Lycurgan reforms was:
Equality
Eunomia
Ma'at
Power
54
The Spartan constitution was unique because it was made up of:
A diarchy, oligarchy and democracy
A dictator and democracy
A diarchy and democracy
A monarchy, oligarchy and democracy
55
The site of Sparta is nestled in the:
Eurokakas Valley
Eurontia Valley
Eurotas Valley
Eurinkus Valley
56
The Battle of Sphacteria is an example of:
Spartan failure
Spartan success
Spartan banqueting
Spartan's not showing up on time
57
Kleroi were:
Plots of land owned by the State and leased to Spartans
Plots of land owned by Helots and managed by Spartans
Plots of land managed by the perioikoi
Plots of land owned by Spartans and managed by Helots
58
Inferiors were:
New elected aediles
Helots who had been given their freedom
Spartiates who had been stripped of citizenship
The "dwellers around"
59
Another important industry part of the Spartan economy was:
Carpentry
Metal working
Pottery making
Swimming
60
The Ekklesia voted by a process of:
They didn't get to vote
Fist fights
Acclamation
Ballot
61
Boys in training were identified via their:
Long hair and chiton
Shaved head
Shaved head and long chiton
Shaved head and short chiton
62
The site of Sparta was located in the:
Central Greece
Aegean Sea
Peloponnese
Isthmus
63
A syssition was:
A type of virus
A military unit
A hollywood film
A mess group
64
Thucydides and Aristotle were:
Exceptional philosophers who were anti-war in their views
Excessively pro-Spartan in their works
Legendary figures from Sparta
Excessively anti-Spartan in their works
65
How many ivory carvings have been found at the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia?
52
ONE MILLION!!!!!
Over 200
Over 1000