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

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

3. What are the ships that Alcibiades led called?
(a) Triremes.
(b) Trawlers.
(c) Force.
(d) Armada.

4. Which other historian's works did Xenophon have published?
(a) Ephorus.
(b) Thucydides.
(c) Theopompus.
(d) Dinon.

5. How often does Xenophon describe the way money is raised?
(a) He describes how money is raised in every case.
(b) In some cases, he does not describe how money is raised.
(c) He describes how money is raised in three cases.
(d) He describes how money is raised in every case except one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the reeds in the story?

2. What word best describes the description of the ancient forms of military ranking in the book?

3. What is the major issue of the second chapter?

4. How does Betty Radice suggest to readers that Xenophon's work should be read?

5. Which of the following works is referenced in the first chapter?

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