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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. How many military leaders are discussed in the first chapter?

2. Which other historian's works did Xenophon have published?

3. What happened to the reeds in the story?

4. How much did the men get from the politician at the end of the story in Chapter 2?

5. How were the ships made available to Cyrus by a Spartan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the politician's objection to the idea of plundering a town for money?

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

5. As indicated in the Introduction, what are Xenophon's motivations in writing "A History of My Times"?

6. How did Mania oversee her military operations?

7. In the story told by Xenophon, how and why was the decision made to sack a town?

8. Who was Alcibiades and how is he described?

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

10. What effect did the Athenian civil war have on the relationship between Athens and Sparta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the conversation about marriage that Xenophon documents in his story. Use the advice given in the discussion to explain how marriage is viewed in ancient Greece, which things are considered to be the most important in selecting a spouse, and whether or not their priorities are an indication of their culture or society.

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

Explain the events surrounding the surprise massacre of a town during a religious festival. Include the reasons for the attack, how religion is valued in ancient Greece, why this story might contradict that value, and what message Xenophon could be attempting to deliver.

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