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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What event did Mania join her mercenaries for?
(a) Battering down an enemy's walls.
(b) Appointing a new commander.
(c) Planning strategies for the next attack.
(d) Giving out trophies after a victory.

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

4. Which political leadership worked on the efforts to befriend the Spartans?
(a) The Dorians.
(b) The assembly.
(c) The Pericles.
(d) The ephors.

5. What years do the events of the book take place?
(a) 405 and 407 B.C.
(b) 404 and 408 B.C.
(c) 400 and 402 B.C.
(d) 406 and 409 B.C.

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

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

8. How is the bottom of the ranks characterized in the book?
(a) Light infantry.
(b) Light cavalry.
(c) Heavy cavalry.
(d) Heavy infantry.

9. What are the main events of the first chapter focused on?
(a) Military language.
(b) Military uniforms.
(c) Military battles.
(d) Military procedures.

10. When was Thibron exiled?
(a) Two days before he returned to Sparta.
(b) When he returned to Sparta.
(c) The day before he returned to Sparta.
(d) One week before he returned to Sparta.

11. How long were the sailors able to live fairly well?
(a) One month out of the year.
(b) Most of the year.
(c) Half of the year.
(d) Not even one month out of the year.

12. What did the local politician observe in the story told in Chapter 2?
(a) A small number of big reeds.
(b) A small number of little reeds.
(c) A large number of little reeds.
(d) A large number of big reeds.

13. In what division of the military did Xenophon serve?
(a) The infantry and the cavalry.
(b) The cavalry.
(c) Neither the infantry nor the cavalry.
(d) The infantry.

14. What audience is the book, "A History of My Times", trying to reach?
(a) A non-academic audience.
(b) An academic audience.
(c) The book was only written as a personal memoir.
(d) Every audience.

15. What is significant about Alcibiades?
(a) He is the only name in the book that people educated in philosophy would not recognize.
(b) He is the first name mentioned in Chapter 1.
(c) He is the only name in the book that people educated in philosophy would recognize.
(d) He is the last name mentioned in Chapter 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other historian's works did Xenophon have published?

2. How many military leaders are discussed in the first chapter?

3. According to Xenophon, how many brothers are at war with each other?

4. How many ships did Alcibiades lead?

5. How accessible is Xenophon's writing style for current readers?

(see the answer keys)

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