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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 4, Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can the bibliography be described in "A History of My Times"?
(a) Slightly shorter than normal.
(b) Extremely short.
(c) Extensive.
(d) Average.

2. How does Betty Radice suggest to readers that Xenophon's work should be read?
(a) As straight history instead of a memoir.
(b) As both a memoir and straight history.
(c) As neither a memoir nor straight history.
(d) As a memoir instead of straight history.

3. How did Mania become the satrap?
(a) She was tricked into it by a political party.
(b) She had already ruled another city.
(c) Her husband died.
(d) She was voted in.

4. Where is the bibliography located in "A History of My Times"?
(a) Throughout the main text.
(b) Before the main text.
(c) After the main text.
(d) On the back cover.

5. What type of a massacre was committed?
(a) A quick attack.
(b) A surprise attack.
(c) An expected attack.
(d) A drawn out attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Spartan helped Cyrus by providing him with ships?

2. What years do the events of the book take place?

3. Where did Cyrus battle his brother?

4. What effect did the circumstances of a particular battle have on the awarding of trophies?

5. Where was the massacre Xenophon writes about committed?

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