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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 6, Book 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who conducted the raid in the second story of Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) Iphicrates.
(b) Conon.
(c) Lysander.
(d) Teleutias.

2. What type of literature is Betty Radice known for?
(a) Classical.
(b) Non-fictional.
(c) Contemporary.
(d) Fictional.

3. What was the purpose of the massacre?
(a) To cause an alliance.
(b) To prevent an attack.
(c) To prevent an alliance.
(d) To cause an attack.

4. Which Spartan helped Cyrus by providing him with ships?
(a) Samius.
(b) Antalcidas.
(c) Lysander.
(d) Eurybiades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the majority of events in Chapter 6 take place?

2. What part of the military commanders motivated Xenophon to write the book?

3. How is Dercylidas described in an earlier section?

4. How was a military leader treated after a raid during the story?

5. Mania shares her name with a Greek mythological personification. What has been named after this personification?

(see the answer key)

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