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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IX - Tides of War (Chapters XLIII-XLVI).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alcibiades is marked for death due to his ____.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Betrayal.
(d) Skill.

2. Who returns to the city after a fall?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Aristophanes.
(d) Polemides.

3. Polemides is offered a job as a _____.
(a) Doctor.
(b) Mercenary.
(c) Priest.
(d) Diplomat.

4. What was the name of the man's sister?
(a) Meri.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Annie.

5. The old comrade offers to help which of the following men to escape?
(a) Alcibiades.
(b) Lysander.
(c) Polemides.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soldiers were continually hired even during periods of ____________.

2. What term is used to mean "war leader"?

3. Which of the following was most feared by Alcibiades?

4. Who narrates in the beginning of this book?

5. Thrasylubus refers to Alcibiades as a _____.

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