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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. Which of the following is not mentioned in the letter regarding the need for ships?
(a) Daring.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Adaptability.
(d) Perseverance.

2. Gylippus was a general from which area?
(a) Athens.
(b) Telamon.
(c) Crete.
(d) Sparta.

3. Jason encounters an old comrade named ____.
(a) Black.
(b) Swift.
(c) Aegis.
(d) Bruise.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Polemides is asked to kill _____.

2. When Polemides finds his cousin, he discovers a group of people involves in which of the following?

3. The chronicle makes comparisons between Alcibiades and the great hero _______.

4. What part of the man's body was injured?

5. Alcibiades is said to have had great _____.

(see the answer key)

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