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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a kleros?
(a) Estate.
(b) Horse.
(c) Tent.
(d) Shield.

3. Which of the following was absent during the celebration of Victoria's manhood?
(a) Leon.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Thrasyullus.
(d) Conon.

4. Which term is used to describe the Spartans' navigator?
(a) Crowsnester.
(b) Portisman.
(c) Seawatcher.
(d) Navarch.

5. The narrator bore _____ unhealed wounds on his legs.
(a) 27.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

6. What is the name of the place where Endius' horses were kept?
(a) Paddock.
(b) Loft.
(c) Barnstable.
(d) Stable.

7. It is up to the commander to teach his men about arete. What is arete?
(a) Perseverance.
(b) Excellence.
(c) Logic.
(d) Retreat.

8. Who narrates in the beginning of this book?
(a) Polemides.
(b) Grandson.
(c) Jason.
(d) Alcibiades.

9. How many vessels sailed to Alcyone?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

10. The narrator talks about a large festival held in the honor of which mythical figure?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

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

12. There were ____ Odrysian brothers?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

13. Alcibiades actions caused him to become a(n) _____.
(a) Recluse.
(b) Prisoner.
(c) Victim.
(d) Fugitive.

14. What type of poison did Socrates drink?
(a) Belladonna.
(b) Nightshade.
(c) Oleander.
(d) Hemlock.

15. What was allegedly placed under the Stone Mounds?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Money.
(d) Map.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is said that seamen are not equipped for which type of warfare?

2. What type of poison did Eunice use to kill the baby?

3. Alcibiades was replaced by a group of _____.

4. In Chapter XLIV, Polemides is referred to as being which of the following?

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

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