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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 2, Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the incentive for women to serve in the ancient Greek military?
(a) They were given the power to make laws.
(b) They were eligible to rule a city after participating in battle.
(c) They were granted the rights of citizenship.
(d) They were paid before and after the battles they participate in.

2. Where were sailors able to live fairly well?
(a) Lemnus.
(b) Thasos.
(c) Imbros.
(d) Chios.

3. What event has Xenophon's works helped to clarify?
(a) The Rise of the Roman Empire.
(b) The Fall of the Roman Republic.
(c) Socrates' death.
(d) The Trojan War.

4. What is significant about Alcibiades?
(a) He is the only name in the book that people educated in philosophy would recognize.
(b) He is the last name mentioned in Chapter 1.
(c) He is the first name mentioned in Chapter 1.
(d) He is the only name in the book that people educated in philosophy would not recognize.

5. How is the bottom of the ranks characterized in the book?
(a) Light cavalry.
(b) Light infantry.
(c) Heavy infantry.
(d) Heavy cavalry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What held the men that Xenophon led in the military together?

2. What would cause the soldiers to abandon their original plot for raising money in the story told in the book?

3. Where is the bibliography located in "A History of My Times"?

4. How were a majority of people in the military compensated in the classical era?

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

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