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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Xenophon: The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Xenophon's book is about _______________________________.
(a) how the retreat of the Ten Thousand was successful
(b) the defeat of the Persians
(c) Greek society
(d) discipline in the military

2. The war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________.
(a) Athens
(b) Thermopylae
(c) Salamis
(d) Sparta

3. Herodotus is classified as a writer of ____________________.
(a) tragedy
(b) religion
(c) comedy
(d) history of the fight with Persia

4. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.
(a) more ornate than English writing
(b) the same as English writing
(c) very different from the styles of English writing
(d) incapable of being translated into English

5. A Greek writer was concerned with ______________________.
(a) symbolism
(b) abstract concepts
(c) ornate style
(d) the beauty of common things

Short Answer Questions

1. The freedom of Athenian thought and expression led to ____________________.

2. Who, among the following, was a teacher?

3. Intellectual discussions took place _________________.

4. Who was the only Athenian to suffer death for his opinions?

5. The games and competitions were considered so important by the Greeks that __________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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