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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VIII - Thrice Nine Years (Chapters XXXVIII-XLII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When in the pavilions of the Persians, the narrator was affected by which strong emotion?
(a) Panic.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Relief.
(d) Serenity.

2. Antalcidas tells Lysander that he has taken ____ to new heights.
(a) Blasphemy.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Heroics.
(d) Bravery.

3. What is the name of the general that opposes the campaign?
(a) Nicias.
(b) Nicholaus.
(c) Nicolae.
(d) Nicodemus.

4. Alcibiades has which obvious physical defect?
(a) Lisp.
(b) Hump-backed.
(c) Blind.
(d) Limp.

5. What is the narrator's Laconian name?
(a) Polinicus.
(b) Polaepitus.
(c) Polemarch.
(d) Polemidas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What uprising occurs in the city before the ships launch?

2. Which of the following is not on the list of people that follow the mandate that Heaven reigns?

3. The defect causes people to see Alcibiades as being more ____.

4. What is a kleros?

5. The tooth of which animal was used to secure a cloak?

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