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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Thibron's position in the Spartan military?
(a) Admiral.
(b) General.
(c) Infantry guard.
(d) Field commander.

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

3. What is the advice given by the editor to those people that do not appreciate the notes at the end of the Introduction?
(a) Do not read the work itself.
(b) Read them before reading 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.

4. What word best describes the description of the ancient forms of military ranking in the book?
(a) Extensive.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Hidden.
(d) Brief.

5. Who was Cinadon meeting when he is arrested?
(a) An enemy informant.
(b) A military leader.
(c) An assistant.
(d) A politician.

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

7. What happened to the reeds in the story?
(a) They disappeared.
(b) They were cut in half.
(c) They were given to the soldiers.
(d) They multiplied.

8. Where was Alcibiades from?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Athens.
(c) Argos.
(d) Delphi.

9. What is the major issue of the second chapter?
(a) Funding.
(b) Trophies.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Weather.

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

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

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

13. According to Xenophon, how many brothers are at war with each other?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

14. How many ships did Alcibiades lead?
(a) Forty to fifty.
(b) Twenty to forty.
(c) Ten to thirty.
(d) Five to ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was one of the ways to raise money for a military campaign in ancient Greece?

2. What was the reason for Thibron's exile?

3. Which political leadership worked on the efforts to befriend the Spartans?

4. Who was responsible for the death of Mania?

5. What type of ruler is Mania described as?

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