Politics and Society of Sparta Classics Quiz AS Level

A quiz on key historical facts about Ancient Sparta and reliability of sources in studying for OCR AS Level Classical Civilisation!

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Which source wrote at around 60-100AD?
Plutarch
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Why could Xenophon be considered an unreliable source?
He is uncritical of Sparta in most of his work and hero worships Lycurgus
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Which Spartan king was described by Herodotus as "not quite right in the head"?
Cleomenes
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What was the Spartan education system called?
The agoge
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What was the name of the slave class in Sparta?
The helots
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Which source wrote "Lysistrata"?
Aristophanes
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Where did the helot revolt in 464 take place?
Ithome
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