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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. Who addresses the Athenians?
(a) Lion.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Nicias.
(d) Polemides.

2. During this uprising, the statue of ____ is desecrated.
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hermes.

3. Which of the following is not on the list of people that follow the mandate that Heaven reigns?
(a) Dorians.
(b) Peloponnesians.
(c) Athenians.
(d) Spartans.

4. Polemides discusses his new vocation as a _____.
(a) Farmer.
(b) General.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Sailor.

5. It is said that seamen are not equipped for which type of warfare?
(a) Interstate.
(b) Emergency.
(c) Land.
(d) Hand to hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this phrase: "Who stubs his toe upon the ___."

2. What is the narrator's Laconian name?

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

4. The tooth of which animal was used to secure a cloak?

5. What is the name of the place where Endius' horses were kept?

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