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Question 49

What prompted the major Acropolis building program associated with Pericles?

  1. The need to rebuild after Persian destructionCorrect answer
  2. A plan to reconstruct the center of Sparta
  3. Damage caused by Alexander's conquests
  4. A program completed before the Persian invasion

Explanation

Athens rebuilt and transformed the Acropolis after structures there had been destroyed during the Persian invasion. The program therefore followed the destruction rather than preceding it, and its setting was Athens rather than Sparta.

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