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

2. What factor was heavily considered when choosing the ranks of military officers in ancient times?
(a) Age.
(b) Political affiliations.
(c) Marital status.
(d) Wealth.

3. Where was Alcibiades from?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Athens.
(d) Argos.

4. What part of the military commanders motivated Xenophon to write the book?
(a) Their virtues.
(b) Their virtues and vices.
(c) Their vices.
(d) Neither their virtues nor their vices.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which one of the following does not describe Alcibiades as he is portrayed in the book?

3. What is each one of the chapters in the second book devoted to?

4. Which other historian's works did Xenophon have published?

5. What is the advice given by the editor to those people that do not appreciate the notes at the end of the Introduction?

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