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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. Which of the following did the children of Athens not learn at school?

a. reading b. flute
c. wrestling d. public speaking

2. What information is given first in the article?

a. When they turned 18, they were sent to a military school where they were
trained for two years.
b. Girls were not allowed to go to school, but many from rich families became

literate through private tutors.
c. To ensure perfection among all Spartans, infants were inspected at birth
and those with signs of weakness were abandoned or taken away to be
slaves.
d. Athens and Sparta are two of the best known city-states of ancient

Greece.

3. What kind of citizens were Spartans?
a. warriors b. poets

c. philosophers d. artists

4. According to the article, how were the Spartan women different from
the Athenian women?

a. Spartan women weren’t allowed to fight in battles.
b. Spartan women were allowed to be outside more.
c. All Spartan women were warriors.

d. Spartan women weren’t allowed to be educated.

5. What would’ve happened to a Spartan baby that was born weak or ill?
a. The baby would have been abandoned.

b. The baby would have been killed.
c. The baby would have been sent to Athens.
d. all of the above

6. Which sentence uses the word private in the same way it is used in the

article?
a. The president had his own private room.
b. Joey didn’t have any privacy in his house.
c. A private school is very different from a public school.

d. He kept his comments private.

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