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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III - The First Modern War (Chapters XIV-XVII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Only the grandfather and two other men spoke out in defense of the Ten ______.
(a) Commandments.
(b) Kings.
(c) Generals.
(d) Languages.

2. Polemides gets into trouble when his ______ overcome his superiors' orders.
(a) Father's advice.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Logic.
(d) Morals.

3. Polemides is asked to kill _____.
(a) Alcibiades.
(b) Pericles.
(c) The sick.
(d) His child.

4. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?
(a) Father.
(b) Brother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Son.

5. Alcibiades is said to have had great _____.
(a) Oratorical skills.
(b) Lying skills.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Charisma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the gathering of the Athenian officials?

2. The man found that the city had been decimated by which disease?

3. Who wants to have Alcibiades killed?

4. Alcibiades was revered for his skill in which sport?

5. What was another name for the Peloponnesian War?

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