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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 suggested that _____________________________________.
(a) there was no way to end the war
(b) Athens merge with Sparta
(c) Athens and Sparta hold peace talks at Delphi
(d) Athens and Sparta fight to the bitter end

2. Greek writing can be characterized as ______________________.
(a) complicated
(b) flowery
(c) plain and matter of fact
(d) full of symbolism

3. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.
(a) the Athenian victory over the Persians
(b) the Athenian victory over Sparta
(c) the Athenian victory over Rome
(d) the Persian victory over Athens

4. How old was Herodotus at the time of the defeat of the Persians?
(a) ten
(b) forty
(c) thirty-five
(d) twenty

5. The freedom of Athenian thought and expression led to ____________________.
(a) the basis for science
(b) fear
(c) confusion
(d) panic

Short Answer Questions

1. The Persian plan to defeat the Ten Thousand was to _________________________________.

2. Xenophon's book is about _______________________________.

3. Which of the following would you expect to give the shortest account of a situation?

4. The only sources of knowledge in Greece were the _______________.

5. Which of the following terms does not describe Greek writing?

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