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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sailors do when they were not at war?
(a) They took a vacation.
(b) They found work with another military.
(c) It is not known.
(d) They found work in the area.

2. What is found in the back of the book to help people understand military maneuvers better?
(a) Quotes.
(b) Maps.
(c) Diagrams.
(d) Definitions.

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

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

5. 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.

6. How much did the men get from the politician at the end of the story in Chapter 2?
(a) One month's wages.
(b) Two month's wages.
(c) Two week's wages.
(d) One week's wages.

7. Which of the following works is referenced in the first chapter?
(a) The Symposium.
(b) The Apology.
(c) The Republic.
(d) The Laws.

8. How were the ships made available to Cyrus by a Spartan?
(a) Suddenly.
(b) One at a time.
(c) Over a two week period.
(d) Over a two month period.

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

10. Who was Alcibiades' mentor?
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Xenophon.

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

12. How were Cyrus's military actions against his brother perceived?
(a) They were considered to be impulsive.
(b) They were considered to be unprecedented.
(c) They were considered to be well planned.
(d) They were considered to be precedent.

13. How accessible is Xenophon's writing style for current readers?
(a) Not accessible at all.
(b) Somewhat accessible.
(c) Very accessible.
(d) Mostly accessible.

14. Approximately how many pages of text does each chapter cover in "A History of My Times"?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Seventy five.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Fifty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What years do the events of the book take place?

2. How often were trophies made in ancient Greece?

3. How is the bottom of the ranks characterized in the book?

4. How many ships were made available to Cyrus by his Spartan ally?

5. Which publishing company is used to present the summary for "A History of My Times"?

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