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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. What is it called when a crew turns against the ship's officer(s)?
(a) Treachery.
(b) Mutiny.
(c) Treason.
(d) Revenge.

2. What is the name of the gathering of the Athenian officials?
(a) Conflagration.
(b) Assembly.
(c) Congress.
(d) Senate.

3. What is the nature of the argument between Polemides and Eunice?
(a) House.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Children.
(d) War.

4. What is a kleros?
(a) Shield.
(b) Estate.
(c) Tent.
(d) Horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group does not fear God; it seeks to be God?

2. The narrator talks about a large festival held in the honor of which mythical figure?

3. When in the pavilions of the Persians, the narrator was affected by which strong emotion?

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

5. The sailors of Athens were drawing ___ obols?

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