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SPARTA QUIZ

1) A Spartan male was eligible for military service from which age to which?

18-35
20-40
20-60

2) The chief goal of a Spartan citizen's education was

literacy.
to learn a trade.
to learn obedience.

3) Helots were

Spartan citizens
Spartan serfs
Resident aliens

4) The syssitia provided opportunities for males to

To form bonds.
Get drunk.
Gorge themselves on gourmet meals.

5) Spartan boys were placed under the charge of a

paidonomos
apothetae
perioeci

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