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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, A History of My Times : Chapter 5, Book 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What factor was heavily considered when choosing the ranks of military officers in ancient times?
(a) Political affiliations.
(b) Marital status.
(c) Age.
(d) Wealth.

2. What was Thibron's position in the Spartan military?
(a) Field commander.
(b) Infantry guard.
(c) Admiral.
(d) General.

3. How are the events presented in the book in order to account for why certain things occurred?
(a) They are grouped together.
(b) They are each given a letter and a number.
(c) They are referred to by a numbered scale of importance.
(d) They are personalized.

4. Where is the location of the first event Xenophon recounts in Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Ithaca.
(b) Thira.
(c) Aegina.
(d) Delos.

5. Which war is ending at the beginning of the fourth section?
(a) The Athenian civil war.
(b) The Trojan War.
(c) The Peloponnesian War.
(d) The Persian War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Spartan soldier served as a diplomat for peace between the cities of Greece?

2. Approximately how many pages of text does each chapter cover in "A History of My Times"?

3. How is augury defined?

4. How many ships were made available to Cyrus by his Spartan ally?

5. How many methods of decision-making are described by Xenophon?

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