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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. Which element(s) must be included in the ancient ritual sacrifices discussed in Book 2, Chapter 5?
(a) The right entity, time, and location.
(b) The right entity and time.
(c) The right entity and location.
(d) The right time and location.

2. According to one man's advice, what should another man first consider when choosing a wife?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Personality.
(d) Appearance.

3. Besides augury, which one of the following was another feature of Ancient Greek religion?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Oracles.
(c) Hymns.
(d) Poetry.

4. Where were the first Athenian-Spartan forces sent?
(a) Tegea.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Pylos.
(d) Ithaca.

5. What city was the main focus of the massacre's intent?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Olympus.
(d) Delphi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which years did the events in Book 2, Chapter 5 take place?

2. How often did Polydamas test his men?

3. How is augury defined?

4. As depicted in Book 2, Chapter 5, what can the actions of one leader affect?

5. What does the adviser suggest a woman's family should be like in order to consider marrying her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was considered to be "the Spartan way" and how was Teleutias's raid received?

2. What was the setting of the massacre that Xenophon recounts?

3. How was it possible for a leader to put his own self-interest above the team, and was it considered a positive or a negative action?

4. What are the styles of the chapters in "A History of My Times", and what stories are told in Book 2, Chapter 5?

5. How large was Polydamas's mercenary force and how did he test them?

6. What type of sacrifice does Xenophon describe that is made by the Spartans?

7. Who was Dercylidas and how is he described?

8. What things did Polydamss value in a solider?

9. How does Xenophon include the issue of marriage in "A History of My Times"?

10. How did the Arcadians gain their self-importance, and what did that do for the region?

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