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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event has Xenophon's works helped to clarify?
(a) The Rise of the Roman Empire.
(b) Socrates' death.
(c) The Fall of the Roman Republic.
(d) The Trojan War.

2. What effect did the circumstances of a particular battle have on the awarding of trophies?
(a) A few of the circumstances must be right.
(b) All of the circumstances must be right.
(c) Most of the circumstances must be right.
(d) Trophies were given in all circumstances.

3. Which one of the following is not included in the list of places where the most intense fighting occurs?
(a) Abydus.
(b) Ilium.
(c) Hellespont.
(d) Agora.

4. How many men was Xenophon in charge of during his service in the military?
(a) Twenty thousand.
(b) Fifteen thousand.
(c) Five thousand.
(d) Ten thousand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following works is referenced in the first chapter?

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

3. Who was Alcibiades' mentor?

4. Which well-known philosopher was Xenophon a contemporary of?

5. Where did the politician give a speech in the story about the reeds?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the military leaders cooperate with each other on the issue of funding?

2. How did Mania oversee her military operations?

3. Displaying Xenophon's point about loyalty, what suggestion did the lower ranking soldiers make after the exile of multiple mid-range officers, and how was their suggestion received?

4. How many men did Xenophon lead in the military, and what were some of the complaints about them?

5. What is the main point of Cinadon's story?

6. What was used to make trophies and when were they usually presented?

7. How is Xenophon's writing style compared to contemporary writers?

8. What were the reasons why women of ancient Greece would want to be included in the military, and what were some of the reasons why they would not?

9. How was Mania's son-in-law convinced to betray her?

10. What were the funds that were raised used for during a war?

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