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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 did Polydamas do with men who were lacking the preferred military skills?
(a) He trained them again.
(b) He put them in the front lines.
(c) He eliminated them.
(d) He put them in the back lines.

2. What aspect of the Spartan culture was the subject of ridicule?
(a) Their military.
(b) Their male culture.
(c) Their politics.
(d) Their female culture.

3. How are the events presented in the book in order to account for why certain things occurred?
(a) They are personalized.
(b) They are referred to by a numbered scale of importance.
(c) They are each given a letter and a number.
(d) They are grouped together.

4. Which years did the events in Book 2, Chapter 5 take place?
(a) 384-380 B.C.
(b) 387-385 B.C.
(c) 386-382 B.C.
(d) 389-386 B.C.

5. How important was knowing a person's ally leaders in the stories told by Xenophon?
(a) Slightly less important than knowing the enemy.
(b) Equal to knowing the enemy.
(c) More important than knowing the enemy.
(d) Much less important than knowing the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dercylidas?

2. How is Dercylidas described in an earlier section?

3. What did Procles acknowledge in his speech?

4. What type of operation is described in the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 5?

5. Where were the first Athenian-Spartan forces sent?

Short Essay Questions

1. In response to the objections, what was Procles' proposal that clarified the agreement between Athens and Sparta?

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

3. How could the information obtained from an oracle seem confusing?

4. What is an oracle?

5. What concerns did the Athenians have in the agreement between Athens and Sparta?

6. How did Jason describe the King of Persia and the Persians?

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

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

9. What happened in the city of Phocis and why did Sparta help?

10. What problems in Arcadia end the book, "A History of My Times"?

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