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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 1, Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the advice given by the editor to those people that do not appreciate the notes at the end of the Introduction?
(a) Pass over them and begin reading the work itself.
(b) Do not read the work itself.
(c) Read the first half of them before reading the work itself.
(d) Read them before reading the work itself.

2. How many military leaders are discussed in the first chapter?
(a) Only one.
(b) A few.
(c) Several.
(d) None.

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

4. How did Xenophon begin his story?
(a) Slightly different from the way contemporary fiction writers begin.
(b) Similar to the way contemporary non-fiction writers begin.
(c) Similar to the way contemporary fiction writers begin.
(d) Slightly different from the way contemporary non-fiction writers begin.

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 unpaid.
(d) They were paid very little.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the incentive for women to serve in the ancient Greek military?

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

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

4. What did Alcibiades enjoy?

5. Which biographer included Xenophon in his works?

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