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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. Which of the following was one of the ways to raise money for a military campaign in ancient Greece?
(a) To sell parts from ships.
(b) To borrow from a town.
(c) To sell weapons.
(d) To plunder a town.

2. Where did the politician give a speech in the story about the reeds?
(a) At only two ships.
(b) At every ship.
(c) At only one ship.
(d) At every other ship.

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

4. What aspect of fund raising does Xenophon choose to focus on in the second chapter?
(a) Stories, amounts, and solutions.
(b) Amounts and solutions.
(c) Stories and solutions.
(d) Stories and amounts.

5. What is each one of the chapters in the second book devoted to?
(a) The description of a different city.
(b) The description of a different military leader.
(c) The description of a different battle.
(d) The description of a different war ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Xenophon lead his men to serve in multiple-city states in the military?

3. Which biographer included Xenophon in his works?

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

5. How did the soldiers express agreement on the plot to raise money?

(see the answer key)

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