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

2. Lysander claims that his enemies possess ____.
(a) Experience.
(b) Wit.
(c) Boldness.
(d) Home advantage.

3. The defect causes people to see Alcibiades as being more ____.
(a) Human.
(b) Harmless.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Vulnerable.

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

5. A commotion from the ___ Court disrupted Polemides?
(a) Royal.
(b) High.
(c) Steel.
(d) Iron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a kleros?

2. What is the nature of the argument between Polemides and Eunice?

3. The narrator and his wife attended which cultural event?

4. Which word is used to refer to a small piece of gold?

5. Finish this phrase: "Who stubs his toe upon the ___."

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