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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. When were trophies made in ancient Greece?
(a) Before the battles.
(b) After the battles, when the winning army returned to their city.
(c) As needed, on the battlefields.
(d) Both before and after the battles.

2. What are the ships that Alcibiades led called?
(a) Force.
(b) Trawlers.
(c) Armada.
(d) Triremes.

3. What would cause the soldiers to abandon their original plot for raising money in the story told in the book?
(a) A letter from Xenophon.
(b) A decline in their situation.
(c) A letter from Alcibiades.
(d) An improvement of their situation.

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

5. Which well-known philosopher was Xenophon a contemporary of?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Euphraeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Alcibiades from?

2. Which Spartan helped Cyrus by providing him with ships?

3. How did the politician first approach the reeds dilemma in the story?

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

5. How often does Xenophon describe the way money is raised?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the editor, Betty Radice, what is the difference between a memoir and history?

3. What is the point of Cyrus's story as it is told by Xenophon?

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

5. What are the intentions of the author and the publisher in presenting "A History of My Times"?

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

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

8. What famous philosopher did Xenophon know, and how does that provide insight into certain historical events?

9. What happened to Thibron after he returned to Sparta and why?

10. Why are there maps included in the back of the book, "A History of My Times"?

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