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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 3, Book 3.

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) Read them before reading the work itself.
(b) Read the first half of them before reading the work itself.
(c) Do not read the work itself.
(d) Pass over them and begin reading the work itself.

2. How long has the war been waging when the second chapter begins?
(a) Thirty five years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Twenty five years.
(d) Forty years.

3. What were some of the complaints about the men that Xenophon led in the military?
(a) They were over-disciplined.
(b) They were not aggressive enough.
(c) They were too aggressive.
(d) They were undisciplined.

4. Mania shares her name with a Greek mythological personification. What has been named after this personification?
(a) A war ship.
(b) A fish.
(c) Characteristics of good fortune.
(d) Symptoms of mental illness.

5. How does Betty Radice suggest to readers that Xenophon's work should be read?
(a) As neither a memoir nor straight history.
(b) As both a memoir and straight history.
(c) As a memoir instead of straight history.
(d) As straight history instead of a memoir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main subject of the stories included in the "book of the book"?

2. Where did the politician give a speech in the story about the reeds?

3. Which Spartan helped Cyrus by providing him with ships?

4. Which one of the following was Cyrus's brother?

5. Which biographer included Xenophon in his works?

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