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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. As depicted in Book 2, Chapter 5, what can the actions of one leader affect?
(a) An entire country.
(b) Another leader.
(c) A particular law.
(d) An entire city.

2. What is a satrap?
(a) A Persian military leader.
(b) A Persian philosopher.
(c) A Persian worker.
(d) A Persian provincial ruler.

3. How is augury defined?
(a) Predicting the weather.
(b) Reading the stars.
(c) Reading omens.
(d) Predicting a natural disaster.

4. How many ships were made available to Cyrus by his Spartan ally?
(a) Half of a fleet.
(b) An entire fleet.
(c) Almost an entire fleet.
(d) Two ships.

5. What Spartan soldier served as a diplomat for peace between the cities of Greece?
(a) Brasidas.
(b) Leonidas.
(c) Cleandridas.
(d) Antalcidas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How accessible is Xenophon's writing style for current readers?

2. What was the reason for Thibron's exile?

3. How was Thibron's exile first considered?

4. How was a military leader treated after a raid during the story?

5. Whom did Thibron enlist to help him with the actions that eventually caused his exile?

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