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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VI - Victory at Sea (Chapters XXIX-XXXII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thrasylubus refers to Alcibiades as a _____.
(a) Doublecrosser.
(b) Cunning soldier.
(c) Politician.
(d) Honorable man.

2. Who wants to have Alcibiades killed?
(a) Jason.
(b) Polemides.
(c) Lysander.
(d) Pericles.

3. Soldiers were continually hired even during periods of ____________.
(a) Victory.
(b) A truce.
(c) War.
(d) Peace.

4. Alcibiades writes: "Man's predicament is that he dwells at the intersection of necessity and ____."
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Impulse.
(c) Free will.
(d) Need.

5. Alcibiades' counselors suggest that he go to which location?
(a) Papagos.
(b) Crete.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. At this point, ____ was at the height of her power.

2. It is said that Pericles had a gift for _____.

3. Chapter XXI details the disaster on which area?

4. It is said that camp wives are only one step above _____.

5. Which of the following is discounted as a good general?

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