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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the purpose of the trophies that were made?

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

3. What are the main events of the first chapter focused on?

4. What did the local politician observe in the story told in Chapter 2?

5. What word best describes the description of the ancient forms of military ranking in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. As Xenophon's stories display, how might fighting wars be a necessary step towards peace?

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

7. What hardships did the sailors encounter when they were not at war?

8. Why is the bibliography located in the front of the book, and what is the editor's advice regarding the notes that follow it?

9. How did Mania oversee her military operations?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the example presented by Xenophon of how a city is almost attacked by soldiers in order to raise funds. Provide an analysis of the events that lead the soldiers to make the decision, the system they use to confirm it, the interference of a politician, and the results.

Essay Topic 2

Two events are chronicled by Xenophon to show the effects that the decisions made by leaders can have.

1) Describe the raid on Attica by Teleutias, why it takes place, the response it receives, and how it relates to Xenophon's main theme of leaders and their decisions.

2) Analyze the events that take place before, during, and after Antalcidas delivers the treaty for peace.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the sad story of Mania, including how she becomes the satrap, her leadership style, the promises she makes to her allies, and the way she interacts with her mercenaries. Also, explain how effective she is as a leader, why her betrayal is planned, and how it is executed.

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