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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. How can the bibliography be described in "A History of My Times"?
(a) Average.
(b) Extensive.
(c) Extremely short.
(d) Slightly shorter than normal.

2. Which publishing company is used to present the summary for "A History of My Times"?
(a) Penguin Classics.
(b) John Hopkins University.
(c) Oxford World Classics.
(d) Routledge.

3. What city did Xenophon represent in the military?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Athens.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Olympia.

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

5. Which of the following are distinct from the author in "A History of My Times"?
(a) The translator, the editor, and the writer of the introduction.
(b) The writer of the introduction and the editor.
(c) The translator and the editor.
(d) The translator and the writer of the introduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fewest amount of ships involved in the water and shoreline battles of Chapter 1?

2. How were a majority of people in the military compensated in the classical era?

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

4. Which one of the following is not included in the list of places where the most intense fighting occurs?

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

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