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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. Polemides returns to his former life as a _____.
(a) Soldier.
(b) Messenger.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Lobbyist.

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

3. Finish this phrase: "Who stubs his toe upon the ___."
(a) Ground.
(b) Rock of Gibraltar.
(c) Skull of the enemy.
(d) Truth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During this uprising, the statue of ____ is desecrated.

4. How many weeks does this occur before the launch?

5. It is said that seamen are not equipped for which type of warfare?

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