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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Xenophon: The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?
(a) Aristophanes
(b) Socrates
(c) Plato
(d) Aristotle

2. The war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________.
(a) Thermopylae
(b) Sparta
(c) Athens
(d) Salamis

3. Herodotus' History is concerned with ___________________________.
(a) the war with Sparta
(b) his travels and the Persian War
(c) the history of the godw
(d) life in Athens

4. One writer whose works reveal the values of the society is ______________.
(a) Plato
(b) Thucydides
(c) Salamis
(d) Marathon

5. What was the crime that Socrates committed that resulted in his execution?
(a) debt
(b) criticism of the king
(c) support of the Egyptians
(d) corruption of youth and introduction of new gods

Short Answer Questions

1. What terms would not apply to Xenophon?

2. The Greeks had different rules of standards that applied to different people. This is evidence of their ________________.

3. Plato viewed the Greek people as ___________________.

4. Who, among the following, was a teacher?

5. Xenophon is famous for his book called __________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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