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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alcibiades tried to combat the charge by arranging a campaign consisting of ____.
(a) Protestors.
(b) Petitions.
(c) Letters.
(d) Intervention.

2. Polemides returns to his former life as a _____.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Messenger.
(d) Lobbyist.

3. Upon his return, the man went to live with which of the following?
(a) Jane.
(b) Sylvie.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Daphne.

4. Which man has grown in stature and played a vital role in the battle?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Alcibiades.
(c) Adamidis.
(d) Papagos.

5. Alcibiades was revered for his skill in which sport?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Fencing.
(c) Chariot racing.
(d) Catapult.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the assassin that approaches Polemides?

2. Polemides is asked to kill _____.

3. Who addresses the Athenians?

4. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?

5. Soldiers were continually hired even during periods of ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the reason Alcibiades was called to court. What is the response of the public?

2. What is the setting and time period used in "Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War" by Steven Pressfield?

3. Who is Jason? How is he introduced? Why is Jason important to the story?

4. What is Telamon's prediction about the war? Why does Telamon make the prediction? Is it correct?

5. How did the Plague affect Polemides on a personal level?

6. How did Polemides become a mercenary?

7. What does Gylippus do while the Athenians wait to sail? Where does Alcibiades fit into the story?

8. Discuss the rumors that reach Polemides regarding the invasion of Sicily.

9. What happened to Lion and Polemides at this time?

10. What happens to the Athenians after they are defeated on Epipolae?

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