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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VIII - Thrice Nine Years (Chapters XXXVIII-XLII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sailors of Athens were drawing ___ obols?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

2. A commotion from the ___ Court disrupted Polemides?
(a) High.
(b) Steel.
(c) Royal.
(d) Iron.

3. When in the pavilions of the Persians, the narrator was affected by which strong emotion?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Relief.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Panic.

4. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?
(a) Son.
(b) Brother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Father.

5. What is the name of the gathering of the Athenian officials?
(a) Conflagration.
(b) Assembly.
(c) Senate.
(d) Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not on the list of people that follow the mandate that Heaven reigns?

2. What does Lysander refer to as a "solitary god?"

3. The narrator bore _____ unhealed wounds on his legs.

4. Which of the following adjectives is used to describe Alcibiades' personality?

5. Alcibiades has which obvious physical defect?

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