View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, A History of My Times : Chapter 6, Book 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the raid take place, according to the second story of the fifth chapter of Book 2?
(a) Megara.
(b) Alimus.
(c) Piraeus.
(d) Laurium.

2. What are the main events of the first chapter focused on?
(a) Military procedures.
(b) Military battles.
(c) Military language.
(d) Military uniforms.

3. Which biographer included Xenophon in his works?
(a) Laertius.
(b) Demetrius of Magnesia.
(c) Hermippus of Smyrna.
(d) Plutarch.

4. What type of operation is described in the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Political.
(b) Naval.
(c) Societal.
(d) Cultural.

5. How were a majority of people in the military compensated in the classical era?
(a) They were paid moderately.
(b) They were paid abundantly.
(c) They were paid very little.
(d) They were unpaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dercylidas described in an earlier section?

2. How many methods of decision-making are described by Xenophon?

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

4. How often did Polydamas test his men?

5. In ancient times, how was the opposition of people chosen?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 195 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample