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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 5, Book 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George Cawkwell contribute to "A History of My Times"?
(a) He is the editor and writes the introduction.
(b) He is the translator.
(c) He writes the introduction.
(d) He is the editor.

2. What is an appeal for a military commander that is discussed in Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Making their enemies famous.
(b) Making their city famous.
(c) Making their unit famous.
(d) Making a name for themselves.

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

4. What is a satrap?
(a) A Persian worker.
(b) A Persian military leader.
(c) A Persian philosopher.
(d) A Persian provincial ruler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the efforts of the Spartans described after their animal sacrifice?

2. How much did the men get from the politician at the end of the story in Chapter 2?

3. What is the major issue of the second chapter?

4. Which biographer included Xenophon in his works?

5. What is significant about Alcibiades?

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