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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. Which of the following was one of the ways to raise money for a military campaign in ancient Greece?
(a) To plunder a town.
(b) To sell parts from ships.
(c) To borrow from a town.
(d) To sell weapons.

2. What is the major issue of the second chapter?
(a) Funding.
(b) Trophies.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Weather.

3. Who was Alcibiades' mentor?
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Xenophon.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

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

5. What is the largest number of ships discussed in the battles of the first chapter?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Ninety.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Eighty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George Cawkwell contribute to "A History of My Times"?

2. How often does Xenophon describe the way money is raised?

3. According to the editor, who will be delighted by the bibliography in the book?

4. What happened to the reeds in the story?

5. What did the sailors do when they were not at war?

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