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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IX - Tides of War (Chapters XLIII-XLVI).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The old comrade offers to help which of the following men to escape?
(a) Alcibiades.
(b) Lysander.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Polemides.

3. Alcibiades was replaced by a group of _____.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Cardinals.
(c) Generals.
(d) Average citizens.

4. While Polemides works for Athens, he continues to run errands for which of the following?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Ibiza.
(c) Crete.
(d) Mykonos.

5. What is it called when a crew turns against the ship's officer(s)?
(a) Mutiny.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Treachery.
(d) Treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was responsible for framing Athens for the death of a Spartan soldier?

2. Which beverage was brought to Polemides in his cell?

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

4. Which charge worried Alcibiades the most?

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

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