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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. Boldness is impatient. ____ is long-suffering.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Courage.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Intelligence.

2. Lysander claims that his enemies possess ____.
(a) Boldness.
(b) Experience.
(c) Home advantage.
(d) Wit.

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

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

5. Rumors began to circulate about the invasion of:
(a) Sicily.
(b) Crete.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word is used to refer to a small piece of gold?

2. Antalcidas tells Lysander that he has taken ____ to new heights.

3. What is/are meliades?

4. Which group does not fear God; it seeks to be God?

5. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?

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