- 1. Who was the leader of Athens during the Golden Age of Greece?
A) Socrates
B) Leonidas
C) Pericles
D) Aristotle
- 2. Which famous building was constructed on the Acropolis during the Golden Age of Greece?
A) Pantheon
B) Parthenon
C) Acropolis Museum
D) Colosseum
- 3. Which philosopher was known for teaching in Athens during the Golden Age?
A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Epicurus
D) Socrates
- 4. Which playwright wrote famous tragedies during the Golden Age of Greece?
A) Aristophanes
B) Aeschylus
C) Sophocles
D) Euripides
- 5. Which city-state had a rival alliance with Athens during the Golden Age?
A) Thebes
B) Argos
C) Corinth
D) Sparta
- 6. What was the name of the alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens during the Golden Age?
A) Corinthian Pact
B) Theban Coalition
C) Delian League
D) Spartan Alliance
- 7. Who is considered the 'Father of History' and chronicled the Persian Wars during the Golden Age?
A) Plutarch
B) Herodotus
C) Xenophon
D) Thucydides
- 8. Who was the famous general who led Athens to victory at the Battle of Marathon?
A) Themistocles
B) Pisistratus
C) Miltiades
D) Cleisthenes
- 9. Which deity was honored with the Eleusinian Mysteries during the Golden Age of Greece?
A) Demeter
B) Apollo
C) Zeus
D) Athena
- 10. Which panhellenic festival was celebrated every four years in honor of Zeus during the Golden Age?
A) Nemean Games
B) Pythian Games
C) Isthmian Games
D) Olympic Games
- 11. Who wrote the epic poems 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' during the Greek Dark Ages leading up to the Golden Age?
A) Ovid
B) Virgil
C) Horace
D) Homer
- 12. Which famous battle marked the end of the Persian Wars and was fought before the Golden Age?
A) Battle of Salamis
B) Battle of Thermopylae
C) Battle of Plataea
D) Battle of Marathon
- 13. Who was the Greek philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great and founded the Lyceum?
A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Heraclitus
D) Socrates
- 14. In which century did Pericles dominate Athenian politics and lead the city to its cultural peak?
A) 6th century BC
B) 3rd century BC
C) 4th century BC
D) 5th century BC
- 15. Which Spartan king led the Greek forces to victory at the Battle of Thermopylae before the Golden Age?
A) Agamemnon
B) Cleomenes
C) Leonidas
D) Agesilaus
- 16. Which comedy playwright was known for his satirical plays that mocked contemporary Athenian society?
A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Aristophanes
D) Sophocles
- 17. Which Greek mathematician and philosopher lived during the Golden Age and formulated the Pythagorean theorem?
A) Pythagoras
B) Euclid
C) Archimedes
D) Aristarchus
- 18. Which famous general led the Persian invasion of Greece during the second Persian War before the Golden Age?
A) Xerxes
B) Artaxerxes
C) Cyrus
D) Darius
- 19. What term refers to the type of government where citizens directly participate in decision-making?
A) Direct democracy
B) Oligarchy
C) Tyranny
D) Monarchy
- 20. Who was the Spartan general who led the victorious Greek forces at the Battle of Plataea, ending the Persian Wars?
A) Leonidas
B) Cleombrotus
C) Agesilaus
D) Pausanias
- 21. In which famous speech did Pericles praise the Athenian way of life and democratic ideals?
A) Eulogy for Democracy
B) Oath of Allegiance
C) State of the Union Address
D) Funeral Oration
- 22. Who wrote the historical account of the Peloponnesian War during the Golden Age?
A) Thucydides
B) Herodotus
C) Xenophon
D) Plutarch
- 23. Which war marked the beginning of the Golden Age of Greece under Pericles?
A) Peloponnesian War
B) Greco-Persian Wars
C) Persian Wars
D) Punic Wars
- 24. Who was Pericles' consort, known for her intelligence and influence?
A) Eurydice
B) Lysistrata
C) Aspasia
D) Cleisthenes
- 25. Which famous physician is considered the 'Father of Medicine' and lived in Greece during the Golden Age?
A) Hippocrates
B) Aristotle
C) Galen
D) Avicenna
- 26. During the Golden Age, what political position did Pericles hold in Athens?
A) Archon
B) Agora
C) Strategos
D) Tyrant
- 27. Which Greek philosopher founded the Academy and was a student of Socrates?
A) Diogenes
B) Aristotle
C) Plato
D) Epicurus
- 28. What type of pottery was popular during the Golden Age of Greece, known for its black figures on a red background?
A) Black-figure pottery
B) White-ground pottery
C) Red-figure pottery
D) Tanagra figurines
- 29. Which Greek mathematician lived during the Golden Age and is considered the 'Father of Geometry'?
A) Archimedes
B) Euclid
C) Pythagoras
D) Eratosthenes
- 30. Who was the general who led the Athenian navy during the Golden Age and was instrumental in Athens' naval policies?
A) Themistocles
B) Cimon
C) Miltiades
D) Alcibiades
- 31. In which ancient Greek city did the philosopher Aristotle establish his own school, the Lyceum?
A) Corinth
B) Thebes
C) Athens
D) Sparta
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